Association between Sexual Habits and Sexually Transmitted Infections at a Specialised Centre in Granada (Spain)
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:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
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Variables | Me (IQR) |
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Age (n = 678) | 26 (23–33) |
Age at first sexual intercourse (n = 322) | 17 (16–18) |
n (%) | |
Sex (n= 678) | |
Male | 391 (57.7) |
Female | 287 (42.3) |
Citizenship (n = 671) | |
Spanish | 511 (76.2) |
Immigrant | 160 (23.8) |
Occupation (n = 630) | |
Other occupation | 316 (50.2) |
Student | 229 (36.3) |
Sex workers/former workers | 85 (13.5) |
Employment (n = 615) | |
Active | 302 (49.1) |
Unemployed | 77 (12.5) |
Retired | 7 (1.1) |
Student | 229 (37.2) |
Education level (n = 640) | |
Without education | 4 (0.6) |
Primary | 116 (18.1) |
Secondary | 150 (23.4) |
Vocational training | 70 (10.9) |
Higher (University) | 300 (46.9) |
Marital status (n = 675) | |
Single | 544 (80.6) |
Married/Domestic partner | 92 (13.9) |
Separated/Divorced | 38 (5.6) |
Widower | 1 (0.1) |
Sexual orientation (n = 657) | |
Heterosexual | 547 (83.3) |
Homosexual | 81 (12.3) |
Bisexual | 29 (4.4) |
Reason for consultation * (n = 678) | |
HIV | 219 (32.3) |
STI symptoms | 429 (63.3) |
Control | 20 (2.9) |
Follow-up of contacts | 10 (1.5) |
Last time having sex without condom (n = 385) | |
Never used it | 31 (8.1) |
Last month | 178 (46.2) |
1−6 months | 147 (38.2) |
6–12 months | 12 (3.1) |
Over 1 year | 17 (4.4) |
Partners in the last month (n = 636) | |
0−1 | 465 (73.1) |
2 | 54 (8.5) |
3−5 | 30 (4.7) |
+5 | 9 (1.4) |
Sex workers | 78 (12.3) |
Partners in the last year (n = 633) | |
0−1 | 229 (36.2) |
2 | 102 (16.1) |
3−5 | 130 (20.5) |
6−10 | 68 (10.7) |
11−20 | 21 (3.3) |
+20 | 10 (1.6) |
Sex workers | 73 (11.5) |
Drug use (n = 288) | |
No | 185 (64.2) |
Yes | 103 (35.8) |
Prior STIs (n = 542) | |
No | 412 (76.0) |
Yes | 130 (24.0) |
Variables | Vaginal Intercourse | Oral (Mouth–Vagina) | Oral (Mouth–Penile) | Oral (Anus–Mouth) | Anal (Penile–Anus) | |||||
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Frequency | H * n (%) | U.C. * n (%) | H * n (%) | U.C. * n (%) | H * n (%) | U.C. * n (%) | H * n (%) | U.C. * n (%) | H * n (%) | U.C. * n (%) |
Never-Sporadic | 3 (0.8) | 131 (36.8) | 43 (22.5) | 143 (98.6) | 38 (15.3) | 193 (86.5) | 6 (100) | 1 (50.0) | 216 (72.7) | 61 (43.0) |
Frequent-Always | 358 (99.2) | 225 (63.2) | 148 (77.5) | 2 (1.4) | 210 (84.7) | 30 (13.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (50.0) | 81 (27.3) | 81 (57.0) |
Total | 361 (100) | 356 (100) | 191 (100) | 145 (100) | 248 (100) | 223 (100) | 6 (100) | 2 (100) | 297 (100) | 142 (100) |
Variables | STI Yes | STI No | p | V | OR (CI 95%) | ||
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n | % | n | % | ||||
Vaginal intercourse (n = 361) | |||||||
Frequent-always | 224 | 62.6 | 134 | 37.4 | n.s * | n.a * | n.a * |
Never-sporadic | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | |||
Oral (mouth–penile) (n = 248) | |||||||
Frequent-always | 145 | 69.0 | 65 | 31.0 | 0.004 | 0.184 | 2.756 (1.364−5.567) |
Never-sporadic | 17 | 44.7 | 21 | 55.3 | |||
Oral (anus–mouth) (n = 6) | |||||||
Frequent-always | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | n.s * | n.a * | n.a * |
Never-sporadic | 3 | 50.0 | 3 | 50.0 | |||
Oral (mouth–vagina) (n = 191) | |||||||
Frequent-always | 94 | 63.5 | 54 | 36.5 | 0.023 | 0.164 | 2.199 (1.104−4.378) |
Never-sporadic | 19 | 44.2 | 24 | 55.8 | |||
Anal (penile–anus) intercourse (n = 297) | |||||||
Frequent-always | 60 | 74.1 | 21 | 25.9 | 0.031 | 0.125 | 1.854 (1.052−3.268) |
Never-sporadic | 131 | 60.6 | 85 | 39.4 |
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Santa-Bárbara, R.C.; Hueso-Montoro, C.; Martín-Salvador, A.; Álvarez-Serrano, M.A.; Gázquez-López, M.; Pérez-Morente, M.Á. Association between Sexual Habits and Sexually Transmitted Infections at a Specialised Centre in Granada (Spain). Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6881. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186881
Santa-Bárbara RC, Hueso-Montoro C, Martín-Salvador A, Álvarez-Serrano MA, Gázquez-López M, Pérez-Morente MÁ. Association between Sexual Habits and Sexually Transmitted Infections at a Specialised Centre in Granada (Spain). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(18):6881. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186881
Chicago/Turabian StyleSanta-Bárbara, Raquel Casado, César Hueso-Montoro, Adelina Martín-Salvador, María Adelaida Álvarez-Serrano, María Gázquez-López, and María Ángeles Pérez-Morente. 2020. "Association between Sexual Habits and Sexually Transmitted Infections at a Specialised Centre in Granada (Spain)" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 18: 6881. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186881