Sexual behavior and sexually transmitted diseases among the female partners of inmates

Martins, Debora Cristina; Pesce, Giovanna Brichi; Silva, Giordana Maronezzi da; Fernandes, Carlos Alexandre Molena

doi:10.1590/1518-8345.2568.3043

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Original Articles • Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem 26 • 2018 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2568.3043 copy

Sexual behavior and sexually transmitted diseases among the female partners of inmates^* * Paper extracted from master’s thesis “Depression and sexually transmitted diseases in women of distress”, presented to Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil.

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ABSTRACT

Objective:

to analyze the sexual behavior of the female partners of inmates and estimate the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases.

Method:

cross-sectional, quantitative study involving 349 female partners of inmates. The Estudo de Comportamento Sexual [Sexual Behavior Study], an instrument validated in Brazil, was used to collect the data. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 20 was used in the statistical analysis.

Results:

41.2% of the female partners of inmates reported a prior history of sexually transmitted disease. Association was found between having more than one partner in the last 12 months (<0.006), sexual violence (<0.001), having sex for money (<0.001), under the influence of alcohol (<0.001), and under the influence of drugs (<0.005). The variables associated with sexually transmitted infections in the logistic regression were: having more than one partner in the last 12 months, sexual violence, sex for money, and under the effect of alcohol or drugs.

Conclusion:

The number of partners, sexual violence, sex for money, and under the influence of alcohol or drugs are sexual risk behaviors that increase the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among the female partners of inmates.

Descriptors:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Sexual Behavior; Women’s Health; Prevention and Control; Vulnerable Populations; Nursing

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[1] Corresponding author: Debora Cristina Martins E-mail: sec-pse@uem.br

Variables		Total		STD*		p-value^†
Variables		N	(%)	N	(%)	p-value^†
Age	<30 years old	231	66.4	97	66.0	0.894
Age	≥30 years old	117	33.6	50	34.0	0.894
Education	Inc Prim Edu.^‡	109	31.3	50	34.5	0.736
	Prim Edu^§	37	10.6	14	9.5
	Inc. high^││	111	31.9	45	30.6
	High school^¶	60	17.2	28	19.0
	Some college	22	6.3	7	4.8
	College^††	9	2.6	3	2.0
Partner/12 months	1	206	59.2	74	50.3	<0.006^†
Partner/12 months	>1	142	40.8	73	49.7	<0.006^†
Uses condoms	Never	198	59.6	78	53.1	0.295
	Sometimes	143	41.1	67	45.6
	Always	7	2.0	2	1.4
Sexual violence	Yes	111	31.9	84	57.1	<0.001^†
Sexual violence	No	237	68.1	63	42.9	<0.001^†
Sex for money	Yes	79	22.7	53	36.1	<0.001^†
Sex for money	No	269	77.3	94	63.9	<0.001^†
Alcohol	Yes	211	60.6	106	72.1	<0.001^†
Alcohol	No	137	39.4	41	27.9	<0.001^†
Drugs	Yes	71	20.4	41	27.9	0.005^†
Drugs	No	277	79.6	106	72.1	0.005^†

Variables		Raw Odds ratio	Adjusted Odds ratio
Variables		(CI*95%)	(CI*95%)
Age	<30 years old	1	-
Age	≥30 years old	1.0 (0.71.6)	-
Education	College^‡	1	-
	Inc. Prim.^§	1.3 (0.4-4.0)	-
	Prim. Edu.^││	1.8 (0.7-4.8)	-
	Inc. high^¶	1.9 (0.7-5.2)	-
	High-school**	1.4 (0.5-3.9)	-
	Some college^††	1.0 (0.2-5.9)	-
Partners/12 months	1	1	1
Partners/12 months	>1	1.9 (1.2-3.0)^†	0.8 (0.4-1.5)
Use of condoms	Always	1	-
	Sometimes	2.2 (0.4-11.8)	-
	Never	1.6 (0.3-8.6)	-
Sexual violence	No	1	1
Sexual violence	Yes	8.6 (5.1-14.7)^†	7.4 (4.3-12.7)^†
Sex for money	No	1	1
Sex for money	Yes	3.8 (2.2-6.5)^†	2.5 (1.3-5.0)^†
Alcohol	No	1	1
Alcohol	Yes	2.3 (1.5-3.7)^†	1.7 (0.9-3.0)
Drugs	No	1	1
Drugs	Yes	2.2 (1.3-3.7)^†	1.0 (0.5-2.0)