SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES: KNOWLEDGE AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF ADOLESCENTS

Genz, Niviane; Meincke, Sonia Maria Könzgen; Carret, Maria Laura Vidal; Corrêa, Ana Cândida Lopes; Alves, Camila Neumaier

doi:10.1590/0104-07072017005100015

Niviane Genz

M.Sc. in Sciences. Nurse, Hospital Escola da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel). Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. E-mail: niviane28@yahoo.com.br

Sonia Maria Könzgen Meincke

Ph.D. in Nursing. Professor, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Obstetrics of the UFPel. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. E-mail: meinckesmk@gmail.com

Maria Laura Vidal Carret

Ph.D. in Epidemiology. Professor of Medicine, UFPel. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. E-mail: mvcarret@hotmail.com

Ana Cândida Lopes Corrêa

Doctoral student, Postgraduate Program in Nursing, UFPel. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. E-mail: analopescorrea@hotmail.com

Camila Neumaier Alves

Doctoral student, Postgraduate Program in Nursing, UFPel. Professor, Centro Universitário Ritter do Reis. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. E-mail: camilaenfer@gmail.com

Correspondence: Niviane Genz Rua Gomes Carneiro, 01 Pelotas, RS, Brasil E-mail: niviane28@yahoo.com.br

Variable	Gender
	Female		Male
	n	%	n	%	P^*
Had sexual intercourse (n=519)					0.1
Yes	124	36.6	78	43.3
No	215	63.4	102	56.7
Age at first sexual intercourse (n=187)					0.2
Up to 13 years of age	17	14.8	17	23.6
14 to 16 years of age	84	73.0	51	70.8
17 to 18 years of age	14	12.2	4	5.6
Number of partners in the previous year (n=184)					0.5
None	2	1.7	2	3.1
1 to 5 partners	113	94.2	49	76.6
6 or more partners	5	4.1	13	20.3
Used a condom in first sexual intercourse (n=199)					0.9
Yes	88	72.1	57	74.0
No	32	26.2	19	24.7
Not sure/Did not respond	2	1.7	1	1.3
Used a condom in the last sexual intercourse (n=201)					0.01
Yes	67	55.4	61	76.3
No	51	42.1	17	21.2
The person responsible for STD prevention (n=520)					0.9
Women	2	0.6	2	1.1
Men	6	1.8	4	2.2
Both	329	97.0	174	96.1
Not sure	2	0.6	1	0.6

Variable	Gender
	Female		Male
	n	%	N	%	P*
Can define STD (n=516)					0.7
No	37	10.8	17	9.7
Yes	304	89.2	158	90.3
Know STDs (n=522)					0.002
No	75	22.0	19	10.7
Yes	266	78.0	158	89.3
Can identify diseases that are curable (n=469)					0.02
No	222	73.7	95	62.9
Yes	79	26.3	56	37.1
Recognizes forms of infection/transmission (n=511)					0.15
No	205	61.9	95	55.2
Yes	126	38.1	77	44.8
Understands forms of prevention (n=518)					0.03
No	200	58.6	85	48.6
Yes	141	41.4	90	51.4

Variable	Girls					Boys
	7^th and 8^th grades		High school			7^th and 8^th grades		High school
	n	%*	n	%*	P^†	n	%*	n	%*	P^†
Known STDs (n=522)
Aids	159	98.2	177	97.8	0.8^‡	104	96.3	69	97.2	0.9^‡
Syphilis	58	35.8	108	59.7	<0.001	20	18.5	42	59.2	<0.001
HTLV	15	9.3	8	4.4	0.1^‡	11	10.2	4	5.6	0.4^‡
HPV	112	69.1	106	58.6	0.04	39	36.1	29	40.9	0.5
Herpes	107	66.1	135	74.6	0.1	52	48.2	42	59.2	0.2
Gonorrhea	86	53.1	113	62.4	0.08	46	42.6	45	63.4	0.006
PID	14	8.6	19	10.5	0.6^‡	11	10.2	7	9.9	0.9^‡
Trichomoniasis	7	4.3	10	5.5	0.6^‡	3	2.8	4	5.6	0.4^‡
Chlamydia	10	6.2	13	7.2	0.8^‡	5	4.6	1	1.4	0.4^‡
Donovanosis	3	1.8	2	1.1	0.7^‡	3	2.8	0	0.0	0.3
Lymphogranuloma Venereal	3	1.8	7	3.9	0.3^‡	4	3.7	1	1.4	0.6^‡
Mycoplasma	9	5.6	15	8.3	0.4	4	3.7	2	2.8	0.9^‡
Urethroma	6	3.7	7	3.9	0.9^‡	4	3.7	4	5.6	0.7^‡
Chancroid	11	6.8	26	14.4	0.02	10	9.3	15	21.1	0.03
Viral hepatitis	39	24.1	81	44.8	<0.001	21	19.4	21	29.6	0.12
Mononucleosis	30	18.5	25	13.8	0.2	8	7.4	5	7.0	0.9^‡
STDs that are curable (n=469)
Aids	40	28.0	22	13.3	0.001	23	24.2	16	24.6	0.9
Syphilis	33	18.2	59	35.5	0.001	16	16.8	28	43.1	<0.001
HTLV	9	6.3	6	3.6	0.3	5	5.3	2	3.1	0.7^‡
HPV	52	36.4	37	22.3	0.006	16	16.8	20	30.8	0.04
Herpes	79	55.2	89	53.6	0.8	34	35.8	34	52.3	0.04
Gonorrhea	50	35.0	70	42.2	0.2	31	32.6	32	49.2	0.04
PID	13	9.1	13	7.8	0.7	9	9.5	3	4.6	0.4^‡
Trichomoniasis	3	2.1	5	3.0	0.7^‡	4	4.2	3	3.1	0.9^‡
Chlamydia	7	4.9	7	4.2	0.8	2	2.1	5	7.7	0.1^‡
Donovanosis	4	2.8	2	1.2	0.4^‡	3	3.2	1	1.5	0.6^‡
Lymphogranuloma Venereal	1	0.7	2	1.2	0.8^‡	5	5.3	1	1.5	0.4^‡
Mycoplasma	3	2.1	4	2.4	0.9^‡	5	5.3	1	1.5	0.4^‡
Urethroma	2	1.4	5	3.0	0.5^‡	3	3.2	2	3.1	0.9^‡
Chancroid	6	4.2	13	7.8	0.2	13	13.7	7	10.8	0.6^‡
Viral hepatitis	13	9.1	49	29.5	<0.001	22	23.2	15	23.1	0.9^‡
Mononucleosis	11	7.7	13	7.8	0.9	5	5.3	3	4.6	0.9^‡

	Girls					Boys
	7^th and 8^th grades			High school			7^th and 8^th grades		High school
	n	%*	n	%*	P^†	n	%*	n	%*	P^†
Forms of transmission
Vaginal intercourse	141	89.2	168	93.9	0.2	90	87.4	66	93.0	0.3
Oral sex	106	67.1	124	69.3	0.7	69	67.0	52	73.2	0.4
Anal sex	112	70.9	132	73.7	0.6	74	71.8	51	71.8	0.9
Shared Syringes	119	75.3	131	73.2	0.7	64	62.1	51	71.8	0.2
Piercing	39	24.7	58	32.4	0.15	22	21.4	19	26.8	0.5
Tattoo	44	27.9	66	36.9	0.07	26	25.2	22	31.0	0.4
Manicure	54	34.2	70	39.1	0.4	28	27.2	23	32.4	0.8
Breastfeeding	30	19.0	35	19.6	0.9	17	16.5	12	16.9	0.9
Blood donation	61	38.6	84	46.9	0.15	44	42.7	30	42.3	0.9
Blood transfusion	52	32.9	68	38.0	0.3	33	32.0	24	33.8	0.9
Sharing of contaminated objects	39	24.7	54	30.2	0.3	22	21.4	14	19.7	0.8
Using the same toilet	17	10.8	23	12.9	0.6	5	4.9	6	8.5	0.35
Kissing on the mouth	35	22.2	33	18.4	0.4	22	21.4	12	16.9	0.6
Hug or handshake	3	1.9	8	4.5	0.2	3	2.9	2	2.8	0.9
Methods for STD prevention
Using condoms	160	98.8	177	98.3	0.9	103	98.1	71	100.0	0.5
Using contraceptive pills	77	47.5	50	27.8	<0.001	39	37.1	17	23.9	0.07
Not sharing objects	36	22.2	67	37.2	0.003	18	17.1	21	29.6	0.05
Not using the same toilet	10	6.2	16	8.9	0.4	0	0.0	7	9.9	0.001^‡

Variables	Gender
	Female		Male
	n	%*	n	%*	P^†
With whom they talked about sex (n=463)
Mother	213	69,4	69	44,5	<0,001
Father	42	13,7	50	32,3	<0,001
Siblings	45	14,7	23	14,8	0,95
Friends	166	54,1	85	54,8	0,9
Boyfriend or girlfriend	58	18,9	24	15,5	0,4
School/teachers	22	7,2	16	10,3	0,25
Health services	14	4,6	2	1,3	0,07
Who informed them about STDs (n=516)
Mother	238	69,8	101	57,7	0,01
Father	84	24,6	74	42,3	<0,001
Siblings	36	10,6	22	12,6	0,6
Friends	88	25,8	37	21,1	0,2
Boyfriend or girlfriend	27	7,9	14	8,0	0,9
School/teachers	206	60,4	95	54,3	0,2
Health services	110	32,3	55	33,1	0,8
Newspaper/magazine	130	38,1	54	30,9	0,1

[1] Correspondence: Niviane Genz Rua Gomes Carneiro, 01 Pelotas, RS, Brasil E-mail: niviane28@yahoo.com.br

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SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES: KNOWLEDGE AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF ADOLESCENTS

ENFERMEDADES DE TRANSMISIÓN SEXUAL: EL CONOCIMIENTO Y COMPORTAMIENTO SEXUAL DE LOS ADOLESCENTES

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