Motives for choosing, switching and stopping daily or event-driven pre-exposure prophylaxis - a qualitative analysis.

Hanne M L ZimmermannSanne W EekmanRoel Ca AchterberghMaarten F Schim van der LoeffMaria PrinsHenry John Christiaan de Vries Elske HoornenborgUdi Davidovichnull null

Published in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2020)

The great diversity of motives illustrates the importance of offering a choice of PrEP-regimens. In counselling of MSM starting PrEP, choices for PrEP-regimens may be addressed as a continuum of flexible and changeable options over time. This may help individuals choose the PrEP-regimen that best fits their current sexual context, priorities and personal capabilities and therefore will be more easily adhered to.

Keyphrases

men who have sex with men
hiv testing
physical activity
mental health
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv infected
antiretroviral therapy