James Gray, Garrett Prestage, Fengyi Jin, Nittaya Phanuphak, Ruth K Friedman, Christopher K Fairley, Anthony Kelleher, David J Templeton, Iryna Zablotska-Manos, Jennifer Hoy, Anna McNulty, David Baker, Graham Brown, Andrew Grulich, Benjamin Bavinton
Male HIV serodiscordant couples have diverse relationship agreements regarding sex outside the relationship. We examined the relationship agreements as described by 343 male HIV-negative partners in HIV serodiscordant relationships in Australia, Brazil and Thailand participating in a multi-year cohort study. At baseline, 125 (34.1%) HIV-negative partners reported no agreement, 115 (33.5%) had a monogamous agreement, and 103 (37.9%) had an open agreement allowing sex outside the relationship. Relationship agreements were largely stable over time, with 76% of HIV-negative men reporting the same agreement across follow up, while changes were predominantly towards having an open agreement...
March 14, 2023: AIDS and Behavior