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Risk Indicators of Depressed Mood Among Sex-Trade Workers and Implications for HIV Risk Behaviour.
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- Author(s): Rogers, Marla Rochelle; Lemstra, Mark Edgar; Moraros, John Simeon
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Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Dec2015, Vol. 60 Issue 12, p548-555. 8p. 4 Charts. - Source:
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- Alternate Title: Indicateurs du risque d'humeur dépressive chez les travailleuses du sexe et implications pour le comportement à risque du VIH.
- Subject Terms: SEX workers; DEPRESSED persons; DISEASE prevalence; HIV infection risk factors; SAFE sex; PSYCHOLOGY; PREVENTION of mental depression; HIV prevention; HIV infections & psychology; POVERTY & psychology; POVERTY reduction; HIV infection epidemiology; BISEXUALITY; INTRAVENOUS drug abuse; MENTAL depression; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV infections; HOMOSEXUALITY; MULTIVARIATE analysis; PARENTAL death; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; RISK-taking behavior; SELF-efficacy; CROSS-sectional method; PREVENTION
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Objectives: To determine the prevalence of depressed mood among people who have traded sex for money in the Saskatoon Health Region (SHR), the adjusted risk factors for depressed mood among this sample, and if depressed mood was associated with decreased self-efficacy for safe sexual practices and injection drug use.Methods: Two-hundred ninety-nine people who have traded sex for money were surveyed with validated instruments for measuring risk behaviours, depressed mood, and self-efficacy for safe sexual practices.Results: The sample consisted primarily of low-income, poorly educated Aboriginal women, many of whom also indicated using injection drugs. Using the 16-point score cut-off for the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, 84.6% of participants had depressed mood. When the cut-off score was 23 points or higher, 65.9% had depressed mood. After multivariate analysis, covariates that had an independent association with depressed mood included injecting a drug in the past 4 weeks (OR 1.59; 95% CI 1.2 to 1.8), suffering the death or permanent separation from a parent before the age of 18 (OR 2.09; 95% CI 1.05 to 4.15), and physical assault or abuse by a partner in adult life (OR 2.79; 95% CI 1.38 to 5.64). Depressed mood was associated with lower self-efficacy scores for safe sexual behaviours.Conclusions: Our study suggests that high rates of depressed mood among people who have traded sex for money is associated with injection drug use and low self-efficacy for safe sexual health practices. These findings are important and may help explain the high rates of human immunodeficiency virus within the SHR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] - Abstract: Objectifs : Déterminer la prévalence de l'humeur dépressive chez les personnes qui ont eu des rapports sexuels en échange d'argent dans la Région sanitaire de Saskatoon (RSS), les facteurs de risque ajustés pour l'humeur dépressive dans cet échantillon, et si l'humeur dépressive était associée à une auto-efficacité réduite en matière de pratiques sexuelles süres et d'utilisation de drogues par injection. Méthodes : Deux cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf personnes qui ont eu des rapports sexuels en échange d'argent ont été interrogées avec des instruments validés pour mesurer les comportements à risque, l'humeur dépressive, et l'auto-efficacité en matière de pratiques sexuelles süres. Résultats : L'échantillon consistait principalement en des femmes Autochtones à faible revenu et à faible scolarité, dont beaucoup ont aussi indiqué utiliser des drogues par injection. Selon le seuil d'inclusion en 16 points pour l'échelle de dépression du centre d'études épidémiologiques, 84,6 % des participants souffraient d'humeur dépressive. Lorsque le score d'inclusion était de 23 points ou plus, 65,9 % souffraient d'humeur dépressive. Après une analyse multivariée, les covariables qui avaient une association indépendante à l'humeur dépressive incluaient s'injecter une drogue dans les 4 semaines précédentes (RC 1,59; IC à 95 % 1,2 à 1,8), souffrir du décès ou de la séparation permanente d'un parent avant l'âge de 18 ans (RC 2,09; IC à 95 % 1,05 à 4,15), et de l'agression ou de l'abus physique d'un partenaire de vie adulte (RC 2,79; IC à 95 % 1,38 à 5,64). L'humeur dépressive était associée avec des scores d'auto efficacité plus faibles en matière de pratiques sexuelles süres. Conclusions : Notre étude suggère que les taux élevés d'humeur dépressive chez les personnes qui ont eu des rapports sexuels en échange d'argent sont associés à l'utilisation de drogues par injection et à une faible auto-efficacité en matière de pratiques sexuelles süres. Ces résultats sont importants et peuvent contribuer à expliquer les taux élevés du virus d'immunodéficience humaine dans la RSS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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