Provision of rapid HIV tests within a health service and frequency of HIV testing among men who have sex with men: Randomised controlled trial

TRH Read; JS Hocking; CS Bradshaw; A Morrow; AE Grulich; CK Fairley; MY Chen

Journal article

Provision of rapid HIV tests within a health service and frequency of HIV testing among men who have sex with men: Randomised controlled trial

TRH Read, JS Hocking, CS Bradshaw, A Morrow, AE Grulich, CK Fairley, MY Chen

BMJ Online | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f5086

Abstract

Objective: To determine if the provision of rapid HIV testing to men who have sex with men attending a health service would increase their frequency of HIV testing over time. Design: Non-blinded randomised controlled trial. Setting: Public sexual health service in Australia. Participants: Men who reported having a male sexual partner within the previous year and an HIV test within the previous two years. Of 400 men entered, 370 (92.5%) completed the study. Interventions: Men attending the service between September 2010 and March 2011 were randomised 1:1 to either ongoing access to rapid HIV testing obtained with finger prick or to conventional HIV serology with venepuncture, over 18 months. ..

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

The study was funded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia program grant No 568971. TRHR is the recipient of an Australian postgraduate award. Only the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre had access to the study data, and the authors had sole responsibility of decision for publication.