The 11th author’s name is spelled incorrectly. The correct name is: Maria Jose Fuster-RuizdeApodaca.In the Design of the questionnaire subsection of the Materials and methods, there is an error in the fourth sentence. The correct sentence is: The survey was advertised through gay-oriented dating apps and the social media of HIV Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) between June 26th and August 8th of 2017, showing the following messages: “Are you PrEPared for the pill that prevents HIV? / Help us to improve the health of LGBT community by answering some questions / Are you PrEPared for World Pride?”In Table 2, the rows are misaligned. Please see the complete, correct Table 2 here.
Table 2
Variables associated to PrEP awareness, use or willingness to use PrEP, and need of PrEP for MSM living in Spain.
Are aware of PrEP (n = 397)
Are using or willing to use PrEP (n = 286) *
PrEP need (n = 286) *
% (n)
p value
aOR (IC 95%)
% (n)
p value
aOR (IC 95%)
% (n)
p value
aOR (IC 95%)
Age
18–25 years old
64.1 (25)
0.379
…
48 (12)
0.075
…
48 (12)
0.836
…
26–35 years old
69.05 (87)
…
64.6 (62)
…
39.2 (38)
…
36–45 years old
60.81 (90)
…
69.7 (76)
…
38.5 (42)
…
More than 45 years old
58.33 (49)
…
76.4 (42)
…
41.8 (23)
…
Education
High school or less
46.15 (42)
<0.001
Reference
78.3 (54)
0.028
Reference
47.1 (33)
0.207
…
University or more
68.3 (209)
2.64 (1.50–4.67)
63.9 (138)
0.52 (0.27–0.99)
38.0 (82)
…
Inhabitants in place of residence
…
More than 500,000
69.35 (181)
<0.001
Reference
64.7 (119)
0.230
…
39.7 (73)
0.884
…
Between 500,000 and 100,000
44 (22)
0.35 (0.17–0.71)
78.1 (32)
…
39.0 (16)
…
Less than 100,000
53.66 (44)
0.44 (0.24–0.82)
70.2 (40)
…
43.1 (25)
…
HIV status
Not living with HIV
61.54 (176)
0.002
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
PLWHIV
83.02 (44)
…
…
…
…
…
Don't know
47.92 (23)
…
…
…
…
…
Prefer not to say
80 (8)
…
…
…
…
…
Are aware of PrEP
Yes
…
…
…
64.6 (113)
0.204
…
41.5 (73)
0.580
…
No
…
…
71.8 (79)
…
38.2 (42)
…
Need PrEP
No
…
…
…
79.8 (91)
<0.001
Reference
…
…
…
Yes
…
…
59.1 (101)
2.67 (1.54–4.65)
…
…
* Participants who reported to be living with HIV were not considered
* Participants who reported to be living with HIV were not consideredReference 2 is spelled incorrectly. The correct reference is: Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad. Plan Estratégico de Prevención y Control de la infección por el VIH y otras infecciones de transmisión sexual [Internet]. 2013. Available: https://www.msssi.gob.es/ciudadanos/enfLesiones/enfTransmisibles/sida/docs/PlanEstrategico2013_2016.pdfThe URL in reference 3 is incorrect. The correct URL is: https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/media/en/publications/Publications/EMIS-2010-european-men-who-have-sex-with-men-survey.pdfThe URL in reference 13 is incorrect. The correct URL is: https://cima.aemps.es/cima/pdfs/ft/04305001/FT_04305001.pdfThe URL in reference 17 is incorrect. The correct URL is: http://www.mscbs.gob.es/ciudadanos/enfLesiones/enfTransmisibles/sida/docs/PROFILAXIS_PREEXPOSICION_VIH.pdfFerrer L, Folch C, Fernandez-Davila P, Garcia A, Morales A, Belda J, et al. was incorrectly included as reference 26. As a result, all subsequent references are misnumbered. References 27–29 should be references 26–28.
Authors: Lingmi Zhou; Sawitri Assanangkornchai; Zhaohui Shi; Fusheng Jiang; Dong Yang; Wuxiang Shi Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-03-17 Impact factor: 3.390