Document 2463
 DOCN  M94A2463
 TI    Prospectively and retrospectively determined sexual behaviors among HIV+
       blood donors.
 DT    9412
 AU    Sawanpanyalert P; Yanai H
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):299 (abstract no. PC0122). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370112
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To quantify differences between prospectively- and
       retrospectively-elicited sexual behaviors among HIV+ donors. METHODS:
       1,198 prospective blood donors were interviewed. Thirty-eight
       HIV-positives were identified. At the same time, 50 HIV-positive donors
       not captured by the system, i.e. emergency or at mobile sites, were
       interviewed with the same questionnaire as a part of post-test
       counseling. RESULTS: The two groups were comparable in demographics,
       frequency of donation, and age at first sex. However, prospective donors
       significantly reported less frequent histories of many, but not all,
       STDs (in the past 3 and 12 months), extra-marital sex (13.2% vs 44%) and
       prostitute visit (7.9% vs 20%). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Since
       reporting of sexual histories among HIV-positives can be variably
       affected by the counseling, it is more advisable to develop donation
       deferral criteria based on prospective information.
 DE    *Blood Donors  Human  *HIV Seropositivity  Prospective Studies
       Retrospective Studies  Sex Behavior  Thailand  MEETING ABSTRACT

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