Sexually Transmitted Infections and Associated Factors in Southeast Spain: A Retrospective Study from 2000 to 2014
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Pérez Morente, María Ángeles; Gázquez López, María; Alvarez Serrano, Maria Adelaida; Martínez García, Encarnación; Femia Marzo, Pedro Jesús; Pozo Cano, María Dolores; Martín Salvador, AdelinaEditorial
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Sexually transmitted diseases Public health Risk groups
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2020Referencia bibliográfica
Pérez-Morente MÁ, Gázquez-López M, Álvarez-Serrano MA, Martínez-García E, Femia-Marzo P, Pozo-Cano MD, Martín-Salvador A. Sexually Transmitted Infections and Associated Factors in Southeast Spain: A Retrospective Study from 2000 to 2014. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(20):7449. [https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207449]
Abstract
The World Health Organization estimates that more than one million people acquire a
Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) every day, compromising quality of life, sexual and reproductive
health, and the health of newborns and children. It is an objective of this study to identify the factors
related to a Sexually Transmitted Infection diagnosis in the province of Granada (Spain), as well as
those better predicting the risk of acquiring such infections. In this study, 678 cases were analyzed on
a retrospective basis, which were treated at the Centre for Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Sexual
Orientation in Granada, between 2000–2014. Descriptive statistics were applied, and by means of
binary logistic regression, employing the forward stepwise-likelihood ratio, a predictive model was
estimated for the risk of acquiring an STI. Sex, age, occupation, economic crisis period, drug use,
number of days in which no condoms were used, number of sexual partners in the last month and in
the last year, and number of subsequent visits and new subsequent episodes were associated with an
STI diagnosis (p < 0.05). The risk of being diagnosed with an STI increased during the economic crisis
period (OR: 1.88; 95%-CI: 1.28–2.76); during the economic crisis and if they were women (OR:2.35,
95%- CI: 1.24–4.44); and if they were women and immigrants (OR: 2.09; 95%- CI:1.22–3.57), while it
decreased with age (OR: 0.97, 95%-CI: 0.95–0.98). Identification of the group comprised of immigrant
women as an especially vulnerable group regarding the acquisition of an STI in our province reflects
the need to incorporate the gender perspective into preventive strategies and STI primary health care.