The 11th author’s name is spelled incorrectly. The correct name is: Maria Jose Fuster-RuizdeApodaca.
In the Design of the questionnaire subsection of the Materials and methods, there is an error in the fourth sentence. The correct sentence is: The survey was advertised through gay-oriented dating apps and the social media of HIV Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) between June 26th and August 8th of 2017, showing the following messages: “Are you PrEPared for the pill that prevents HIV? / Help us to improve the health of LGBT community by answering some questions / Are you PrEPared for World Pride?”
In Table 2, the rows are misaligned. Please see the complete, correct Table 2 here.
Table 2. Variables associated to PrEP awareness, use or willingness to use PrEP, and need of PrEP for MSM living in Spain.
| Are aware of PrEP (n = 397) | Are using or willing to use PrEP (n = 286) * | PrEP need (n = 286) * | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) | p value | aOR (IC 95%) | % (n) | p value | aOR (IC 95%) | % (n) | p value | aOR (IC 95%) | |
| Age | |||||||||
| 18–25 years old | 64.1 (25) | 0.379 | … | 48 (12) | 0.075 | … | 48 (12) | 0.836 | … |
| 26–35 years old | 69.05 (87) | … | 64.6 (62) | … | 39.2 (38) | … | |||
| 36–45 years old | 60.81 (90) | … | 69.7 (76) | … | 38.5 (42) | … | |||
| More than 45 years old | 58.33 (49) | … | 76.4 (42) | … | 41.8 (23) | … | |||
| Education | |||||||||
| High school or less | 46.15 (42) | <0.001 | Reference | 78.3 (54) | 0.028 | Reference | 47.1 (33) | 0.207 | … |
| University or more | 68.3 (209) | 2.64 (1.50–4.67) | 63.9 (138) | 0.52 (0.27–0.99) | 38.0 (82) | … | |||
| Inhabitants in place of residence | … | ||||||||
| More than 500,000 | 69.35 (181) | <0.001 | Reference | 64.7 (119) | 0.230 | … | 39.7 (73) | 0.884 | … |
| Between 500,000 and 100,000 | 44 (22) | 0.35 (0.17–0.71) | 78.1 (32) | … | 39.0 (16) | … | |||
| Less than 100,000 | 53.66 (44) | 0.44 (0.24–0.82) | 70.2 (40) | … | 43.1 (25) | … | |||
| HIV status | |||||||||
| Not living with HIV | 61.54 (176) | 0.002 |
… | … | … | … | … |
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| PLWHIV | 83.02 (44) | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Don't know | 47.92 (23) | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Prefer not to say | 80 (8) | … | … | … | … | … | |||
| Are aware of PrEP | |||||||||
| Yes | … | … | … | 64.6 (113) | 0.204 | … | 41.5 (73) | 0.580 | … |
| No | … | … | 71.8 (79) | … | 38.2 (42) | … | |||
| Need PrEP | |||||||||
| No | … | … | … | 79.8 (91) | <0.001 | Reference | … | … | … |
| Yes | … | … | 59.1 (101) | 2.67 (1.54–4.65) | … | … | |||
* Participants who reported to be living with HIV were not considered
Reference 2 is spelled incorrectly. The correct reference is: Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad. Plan Estratégico de Prevención y Control de la infección por el VIH y otras infecciones de transmisión sexual [Internet]. 2013. Available: https://www.msssi.gob.es/ciudadanos/enfLesiones/enfTransmisibles/sida/docs/PlanEstrategico2013_2016.pdf
The URL in reference 3 is incorrect. The correct URL is: https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/media/en/publications/Publications/EMIS-2010-european-men-who-have-sex-with-men-survey.pdf
The URL in reference 13 is incorrect. The correct URL is: https://cima.aemps.es/cima/pdfs/ft/04305001/FT_04305001.pdf
The URL in reference 17 is incorrect. The correct URL is: http://www.mscbs.gob.es/ciudadanos/enfLesiones/enfTransmisibles/sida/docs/PROFILAXIS_PREEXPOSICION_VIH.pdf
Ferrer L, Folch C, Fernandez-Davila P, Garcia A, Morales A, Belda J, et al. was incorrectly included as reference 26. As a result, all subsequent references are misnumbered. References 27–29 should be references 26–28.
Reference
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