To explore potential classifications and characteristics of mental health literacy among HIV-positive men who have sex with men.
From November 2023 to January 2024, 226 HIV-positive MSM in a tertiary hospital in Nanjing were selected by the convenience sampling method and were investigated by general information questionnaire and multicomponent mental health literacy scale. Latent class analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to explore the categorical characteristics and influencing factors of mental health literacy in this group.
The mental health literacy characteristics of HIV-positive MSM could be classified into low literacy group (22.1%), resource deficient group (38.1%), and high literacy group (39.8%). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that patients aged 18-34 (OR=5.573, 95%CI=1.020-30.449) were more likely to be in the resource deficient group than the low literacy group, and those who had participated in learning mental health skills (OR=0.126, 95%CI=0.033-0.476) were more likely to be in the high literacy group. Compared with the high literacy group, patients with literacy level of junior high school or below (OR=15.992, 95%CI=2.036-125.591), high school or junior college (OR=2.805, 95%CI=1.098-7.166), length of time to diagnosis of HIV infection <1 year (OR=8.440, 95%CI=1.628-43.742), and with comorbidities (OR=6.619, 95%CI=1.077-40.663) were more likely to be in the low literacy group; and patients with a monthly per capita family income of <3000 yuan (OR=6.241, 95%CI=1.088-35.814) were more likely to be in the resource deprived group.
There are three potential categories of mental health literacy among HIV-positive MSM. In the future, targeted intervention strategies should be developed to improve the level of their mental health literacy and further improve their mental health according to this group’s different category characteristics and influencing factors.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |