@article{Bunman_Wannapaschaiyong_Nomsir_Malarat_Saiyasalee_2023, title={Understanding Health Literacy among Bisexual Living with HIV: A Preliminary study}, volume={19}, url={https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/bkkmedj/article/view/260900}, DOI={10.31524/bkkmedj.2023.11.006}, abstractNote={<p><strong>OBJECTIVES:</strong> This preliminary study aims to evaluate health literacy among bisexual men living with HIV.</p> <p><strong>MATERIALS AND METHODS:</strong> A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 26 adult bisexual male HIV-infected patients in the HIV Clinic from October 2021 to May 2022. We applied the Thai version of the HIV-HLT to investigate health literacy among bisexual men living with HIV.</p> <p><strong>RESULTS:</strong> The average age of the participants was 41.34 ± 12.41 years. 61.5% were single and 34.6% had divorced marital status. 50% had finished their bachelor degrees. Approximately half of the participants had been diagnosed with HIV infection for more than 5 years. 57.7% had adequate HIV health literacy and 26.9% had inadequate HIV health literacy, respectively. The laboratory outcome showed that 96.2% had a CD4 count of more than 200 cells/cm3 and 76.9% had a viral load of less than 20 copies/ ml. CD4 and viral load were not associated with the level of health literacy. However, all participants had no previous history of opportunistic infections within the past 6 months.</p> <p><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> Most bisexual men living with HIV have adequate health literacy. The level of health literacy is not associated with CD4 and viral load. However, opportunistic infections within the past 6 months are not reported. Therefore, a Thai version of HIV-HLT may be applied to measure health literacy among bisexual men living with HIV and could be a potential for clinical use.</p>}, number={1}, journal={The Bangkok Medical Journal}, author={Bunman, Sitthiphon and Wannapaschaiyong , Prakasit and Nomsir, Aphicha and Malarat, Anan and Saiyasalee , Sonthaya}, year={2023}, month={Feb.}, pages={35} }