{"doi":"10.1371/journal.pone.0325273","title":"Factors associated with meeting homosexual partners at fixed offline locations among MSM recruited through the internet: A cross-sectional survey","abstract":"<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Objective</jats:title>\n<jats:p>This study aimed to investigate the demographic characteristics of Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) recruited online and identify the factorsassociated with meeting homosexual partners at fixed offline locations.</jats:p>\n</jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Methods</jats:title>\n<jats:p>Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to examine the factors that influenced their meeting up with homosexual partners at fixed offline locations.</jats:p>\n</jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results</jats:title>\n<jats:p>A total of 604 MSM were included, with 133 participants (22.02%) meeting homosexual partners at fixed offline locations. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that participantswho were willing to engage in commercial sex, engage in behaviors such as alcohol consumption, drug use, or aphrodisiac use during homosexual activities, and hadused HIVPre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in the last six months were more likely to meet homosexual partners at fixed offline locations.</jats:p>\n</jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title>\n<jats:p>The proportion of participants meeting homosexual partners at fixed offline locations was relatively high, emphasizing the need to increase education and awareness among MSM to reduce relatedbehaviors during homosexual activities. Further promotion of the proper use of PrEP and avoidance of commercial sex are essential for lowering the risk of HIV infection among this population.</jats:p>\n</jats:sec>","journal":"PLOS One","year":2025,"id":642639,"datarank":0.10980549395009036,"base_score":0.6931471805599453,"endowment":0.6931471805599453,"self_citation_contribution":0.10397207708399181,"citation_network_contribution":0.00583341686609855,"self_endowment_contribution":0.10397207708399181,"citer_contribution":0.00583341686609855,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":1,"citer_count":1,"citers_with_citation_signal":1,"citers_with_endowment":1,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1671678,"name":"Zhongrong Yang","orcid":"0000-0003-2070-9976","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":226399,"name":"Xing Wang","orcid":"0000-0003-0106-202X","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":765730,"name":"Weiwei Wang","orcid":"0000-0002-5398-6809","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1671677,"name":"Weiyong Chen","orcid":null,"position":0,"is_corresponding":false}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"has_enrichment":true,"resolved":true,"title":"Factors associated with meeting homosexual partners at fixed offline locations among MSM recruited through the internet: A cross-sectional survey","abstract":"<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Objective</jats:title>\n<jats:p>This study aimed to investigate the demographic characteristics of Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) recruited online and identify the factorsassociated with meeting homosexual partners at fixed offline locations.</jats:p>\n</jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Methods</jats:title>\n<jats:p>Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to examine the factors that influenced their meeting up with homosexual partners at fixed offline locations.</jats:p>\n</jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Results</jats:title>\n<jats:p>A total of 604 MSM were included, with 133 participants (22.02%) meeting homosexual partners at fixed offline locations. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that participantswho were willing to engage in commercial sex, engage in behaviors such as alcohol consumption, drug use, or aphrodisiac use during homosexual activities, and hadused HIVPre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in the last six months were more likely to meet homosexual partners at fixed offline locations.</jats:p>\n</jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title>\n<jats:p>The proportion of participants meeting homosexual partners at fixed offline locations was relatively high, emphasizing the need to increase education and awareness among MSM to reduce relatedbehaviors during homosexual activities. Further promotion of the proper use of PrEP and avoidance of commercial sex are essential for lowering the risk of HIV infection among this population.</jats:p>\n</jats:sec>","is_dataset_classified":null,"base_score":0.6931471805599453,"endowment":0.6931471805599453,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"views":0,"has_version_chain":false,"is_dataset":false,"is_oa":false,"pmid":"40435058","pmcid":"PMC12118819","openalex_id":"https://openalex.org/W4410812368","authors":[],"funders":[{"funder_name":"Huzhou Science and Technology Research Plan Project","grant_id":"2023GYB28","title":null},{"funder_name":"Huzhou Medical Key Supporting Discipline","grant_id":"None","title":null}],"total_grants":2,"fwci":0.7827,"citation_percentile":0.69062459,"influential_citations":0,"citation_trend":[{"year":2025,"count":1}],"oa_status":"gold","license":"cc-by","oa_locations":[{"url":"https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0325273&type=printable","host_type":"journal"},{"url":"https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0325273&type=printable","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325273","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325273","host_type":"journal"},{"url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40435058","host_type":"repository"},{"url":"https://doaj.org/article/a1510d308c4b424f8948e4db6d402b76","host_type":"repository"},{"url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/12118819","host_type":"repository"},{"url":"https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12118819","host_type":"Europe_PMC"},{"url":"https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12118819?pdf=render","host_type":"Europe_PMC"}],"fields_of_study":["HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions","Sex work and related issues","HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk"],"mesh_terms":["Adolescent","Adult","Cross-Sectional Studies","Humans","Male","Middle Aged","Surveys and Questionnaires","Sexual Behavior","Sexual Partners","HIV Infections","Homosexuality, Male","Internet","Young Adult","Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis"],"keywords":["Logistic regression","Men who have sex with men","Demography","Cross-sectional study","Medicine","Population","Online and offline","Multivariate analysis","Promotion (chess)","Univariate","Gerontology","Environmental health","Multivariate statistics","Psychology","Family medicine","Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)","Internal medicine"],"sdg_mappings":[{"sdg_number":0,"sdg_label":"Good health and well-being"}],"linked_datasets":[],"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"database_accessions":[],"source":"live","citation_network_status":"fetched"},"created_at":"2026-08-08T01:38:10.134852Z","pmid":null,"pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}