Healthcare provider intervention on smoking and quit attempts among HIV-positive versus HIV-negative MSM smokers in Chengdu, China

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Carla Berg, Emory University; Eric J. Nehl, Emory University; Xiandong Wang, Chengdu Tongle Health Service and Counseling Center; Yingying Ding, Fudan University; Na He, Emory University; Brent A. Johnson, Emory University; Frank Y Wong, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2014-01-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge): STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © 2014 Taylor & Francis.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2014.892565
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: AIDS Care
• ISSN: 0954-0121
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 9
• Start Page: 1201
• End Page: 1207
• Grant/Funding Information: This study was supported by a grant from the Emory Center for AIDS Research [grant number P30 AI050409] to Drs Berg, Nehl and Wong; and the Georgia Cancer Coalition (PI: Berg).
• Keywords: SEX; Health Care Sciences & Services; HIGH PREVALENCE; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Psychology; INCREASED RISK; SELF-DETERMINATION; SHANGHAI; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; CIGARETTE-SMOKING; Social Sciences, Biomedical; Social Sciences; MONEY BOYS; men who have sex with men; Health Policy & Services; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; healthcare provider; Science & Technology; HIV; Biomedical Social Sciences; smoking cessation; smoking; TOBACCO USE; BISEXUAL MEN; CESSATION; Respiratory System
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Public Health; Psychology, Behavioral; Biology, Biostatistics

Abstract

Given the implications for smoking among HIV-positive individuals and high smoking and HIV rates among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China, we examined sociodemographic, smoking-related, psychosocial, and substance use factors in relation to HIV status; receiving some sort of healthcare provider intervention regarding smoking; and having made a quit attempt in the past year in a sample of MSM smokers in Chengdu. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 381 MSM smokers recruited by a nongovernmental organization in Chengdu in 2012-2013. Of these, 350 disclosed their HIV status and 344 (188 HIV-positive and 156 HIV-negative) provided completed data. Half (50.0%) reported at least one quit attempt in their lifetime; 30.5% reported a quit attempt in the past year. The majority (59.4%) reported that a healthcare provider had intervened in some way (assessed smoking, advised quitting, provided assistance), most commonly by assessing smoking status (50.0%). HIV-positive individuals were more likely to report a healthcare provider intervening on their smoking (p <.001). Those who received provider intervention were more likely to have attempted to quit ever (p =.009) and in the past year (p <.001). Those HIV-positive were more likely to have attempted to quit since diagnosis if a provider had intervened (p =.001). Multivariate regression documented that being HIV-positive (p <.001), greater cigarette consumption (p =.02), less frequent drinking (p =.03), and greater depressive symptoms (p =.003) were significant correlates of healthcare provider intervention. Multivariate regression also found that healthcare provider intervention (p =.003), older age (p =.01), and higher autonomous motivation (p =.007) were significant correlates of attempting to quit in the past year. Given the impact of healthcare provider intervention regarding smoking on quit attempts among MSM, greater training and support is needed to promote consistent intervention on smoking in the clinical setting among HIV-positive and HIV-negative MSM smokers.