Sexual behavioral factors of the subjects visiting the clinic of sexually transmitted infections in Northern Finland : a cross-sectional study among 775 subjects
Repo, Iiro; Sopenlehto, Atte; Huilaja, Laura; Jokelainen, Jari; Kiviniemi, Eetu; Sinikumpu, Suvi-Päivikki (2023-07-05)
Repo, I, Sopenlehto, A, Huilaja, L, Jokelainen, J, Kiviniemi, E, Sinikumpu, S-P. Sexual behavioral factors of the subjects visiting the clinic of sexually transmitted infections in Northern Finland: a cross-sectional study among 775 subjects. Health Sci Rep. 2023; 6:e1407. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1407
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Abstract
Background and Aims: Sexually transmitted infections (STI) are among the most common infections globally. However, the sexual behavioral factors and sexual history of people visiting STI clinics have only been surveyed in a few studies. We aimed to evaluate the characteristics of the patients visiting the open STI clinic.
Methods: This is a prospective observational study performed in the STI clinic in the premises of Department of Dermatology, Oulu University Hospital. All individuals (n = 775) attending the STI clinic between February and August 2022 were included to the study and the profile of the patients was evaluated.
Results: We found that the majority of the STI clinic attendees (58.5%) were female. Mean age of the study population was 28.9 years, with females being significantly younger than males (p< 0.001). Only one-third (30.6%) of the patients reported having symptoms at the time of attending. Most commonly, patients had had one sex partner in the last 6 months. However, one-fifth (21.7%) reported several sex partners (over four). Almost half of the patients (47.6%) reported using a condom only randomly. Those with heterosexual orientation had fewer multiple-sex partners (p < 0.001) than those with homo- or bisexual orientation (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: It is important to increase knowledge about the profile of STI clinic visitors to effectively target STI prevention on the groups at the highest risk of STIs.
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