A cognitive behavioural intervention to reduce sexually transmitted infections among gay men: randomised trial

Abstract

What is already known on this topic What is already known on this topic The need for effective HIV prevention strategies based on reducing sexual risk behaviour remains important Few interventions to reduce sexual risk behaviour have been rigorously evaluated using randomised controlled trials What this study adds What this study adds This is the first randomised controlled trial of an intervention addressing sexual behaviour in homosexual men that uses sexually transmitted infections and self reported behaviour as end points The intervention was brief and feasible to use in a busy clinic, but it did not reduce the risk of participants acquiring new infections The potential for behavioural interventions to do more harm than good needs to be taken seriously What is already known on this topic What is already known on this topic The need for effective HIV prevention strategies based on reducing sexual risk behaviour remains important Few interventions to reduce sexual risk behaviour have been rigorously evaluated using randomised controlled trials What this study adds What this study adds This is the first randomised controlled trial of an intervention addressing sexual behaviour in homosexual men that uses sexually transmitted infections and self reported behaviour as end points The intervention was brief and feasible to use in a busy clinic, but it did not reduce the risk of participants acquiring new infections The potential for behavioural interventions to do more harm than good needs to be taken seriously