Chemsex Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

A Systematic Scoping Review of Research Methods

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11623653
AutoresEirik Amundsen (0000-0001-5850-2351, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, autor correspondente), Ashley Elizabeth Muller (0000-0001-7819-6697, Norwegian Institute of Public Health), Eirik Reierth (0000-0001-8877-2192, Science and Health Library, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway), Vegard Skogen (0000-0003-3933-9055, UiT The Arctic University of Norway), Rigmor C Berg (0000-0002-6915-0993, Norwegian Institute of Public Health)
Ano2023
Volume71
Fascículo6
Páginas1392-1418
Data de publicação2023-03-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2023.2170757
PMID36939142
OpenAlexW4327899782
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas20
Referências citadas92

Chemsex refers to the use of psychoactive substances with sex. We carried out a systematic scoping review of methodological characteristics of chemsex research among men who have sex with men (MSM), published between 2010 and 2020. For inclusion, chemsex had to be the main focus, and studies had to specify GHB/GBL, stimulant (amphetamine, crystal meth, ecstasy/MDMA, cathinones, cocaine) and/or ketamine use with sex as a variable. From 7055 titles/abstracts, 108 studies were included, mostly cross-sectional, and from Western countries. About one-third of studies recruited exclusively from clinical settings. A majority of these recruited from sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinics. The included quantitative studies analyzed possible associations between chemsex and STI health (40%), mental health (15%), drug health (12%), sexological health (10%), and post-diagnostic HIV health (7%). Most studies included GHB/GBL and crystal meth in their operationalization of chemsex. Definitions and operationalizations of chemsex vary greatly in the literature, and researchers of chemsex among MSM should consider ways in which this variation impacts the validity of their results. More studies are needed among MSM in non-high income and non-Western countries, and examination of possible links between chemsex and post-diagnostic HIV health, sexological health, and mental health

Ecstasy · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Men who have sex with men · Mental health · Operationalization · Population · Psychiatry · Reproductive health · Syphilis · Clinical Psychology · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology