Exploration of clients living with HIV needs for reporting on experiences with sex

Talking about sex with people living with HIV receives insufficient attention in healthcare. A cross-sectional and exploratory study describes the preferences of people liv-ing with HIV to talk about sex with specialized HIV physicians and nurses in a clinicin Barcelona (Spain). A 27-item self-administered questionnaire was used betweenJune 2017 and May 2018. One hundred fourteen people agreed to participate. Datawere analyzed using multivariate logistic regression. Most of the participantsreported“never or almost never”having been asked about sex practices in visits withthe HIV specialist physician (n= 65 [57.0%]) or nurse (n= 74 [64.9%]). Older partici-pants stated that neither physicians nor nurses talked about sex during visits. Womenfelt that physicians hardly ever asked about their sexual practices. Men who had sexwith other men indicated that their physicians always asked about their sex practicescompared with heterosexuals living with HIV. Health professionals shouldreformulate how to talk about sex with people living with HIV to facilitate communi-cation and provide adequate care.