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The purpose of this randomized controlled intervention study at the STI outpatient clinic of Amsterdam is to answer the following questions : Does a personalised behaviour intervention comprising of targeted in-depth screening on mental health problems and drug use and, in case identified, subsequent linkage to care increase help seeking behaviour, and decrease risk behaviour in MSM who are at high risk for STIs and HIV?
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control group | No Intervention | The control group will receive standard care - 3 monthly STI screening, motivational interviewing and counselling. Both groups will get questionnaires on mental health problems: ADHD, depression, anxiety disorder, alexithymia and sex and drug addiction. | |
| Intervention group | Other | The intervention group will receive -besides standard care- additional questionnaires depending on their baseline questionnaires and in case of an indication for mental health problems, feedback and referral to relevant mental health and addiction care will be provided. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screening and feedback | Behavioral | Screening via questionnaires on mental health problems and feedback on the questionnaires |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Help seeking behavior | Does a personalised behaviour intervention comprising of targeted in depth screening on mental health problems and drug use and linkage to care increase help seeking behaviour among MSM who are at high risk for STIs and HIV. | one year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Risk behavior | Does a behaviour intervention comprising of targeted in depth screening on mental health problems and drug use and linkage to care decrease STI prevalence and risky sex (i.e. condom use/ number of partners/ number of unsafe partners/ amount anal sex/ recreational drug use/ stop visiting the STI clinic). | one year |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Henry de Vries, MD, PhD | Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA) | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STI Clinic, Public Health Service Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32737210 | Derived | Achterbergh RCA, van Rooijen MS, van den Brink W, Boyd A, de Vries HJC. Enhancing help-seeking behaviour among men who have sex with men at risk for sexually transmitted infections: the syn.bas.in randomised controlled trial. Sex Transm Infect. 2021 Feb;97(1):11-17. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054438. Epub 2020 Jul 31. | |
| 28587607 |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D012309 | Risk-Taking |
| D019966 | Substance-Related Disorders |
| D012749 | Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D001519 | Behavior |
| D064419 | Chemically-Induced Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D003141 | Communicable Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D008403 | Mass Screening |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D019937 | Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures |
| D003933 | Diagnosis |
| D006306 | Health Surveys |
| D011795 | Surveys and Questionnaires |
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| Achterbergh RCA, van der Helm JJ, van den Brink W, de Vries HJC. Design of a syndemic based intervention to facilitate care for men who have sex with men with high risk behaviour: the syn.bas.in randomized controlled trial. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 Jun 6;17(1):398. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2474-x. |
| D007239 |
| Infections |
| D000091662 | Genital Diseases |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |
| D020969 | Disease Attributes |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D003625 | Data Collection |
| D004812 | Epidemiologic Methods |
| D008919 | Investigative Techniques |
| D003954 | Diagnostic Services |
| D011314 | Preventive Health Services |
| D006296 | Health Services |
| D005159 | Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services |
| D017531 | Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms |
| D011787 | Quality of Health Care |
| D017530 | Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation |
| D011634 | Public Health |
| D004778 | Environment and Public Health |
| D015980 | Public Health Practice |