Hábitos de higiene genital e atividade sexual entre mulheres com vaginose bacteriana e/ou candidíase vulvovaginal

Marcela Grigol Bardin

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Division of Physiotherapy, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Paulo César Giraldo

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Cristina Laguna Benetti-Pinto

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

José Marcos Sanches

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Department of Morphology and Genetics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Camila Carvalho de Araujo

Division of Physiotherapy, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Rose Luce Gomes do Amaral

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Address for correspondence
Marcela Grigol Bardin, Rua Alexandre Fleming, 101, 13083-881, Cidade Universitária, Campinas, SP, Brazil (e-mail: bardinmarcela@gmail.com).

Contributions

All the authors contributed equally to this paper, namely, to the conception and design, data collection or analysis, and interpretation of data, writing of the article, and review of the intellectual content. Therefore, all authors approved the final version to be published.

	Total	Controls	VVC/BV	p-value^* * Chi-square Test, SP for 6 month or more.
Variables	(n = 307)	(n = 166)	(n = 141)
AGE ± SD	33.1 ± 6.9	33.6 ± 6.7	32.6 ± 7.0	0.22
BMI ± SD	22.1 ± 5.5	22.3 ± 5.3	22.8 ± 5.7	0.39
SCHOOLING(YS) ± SD	10.2 ± 3.3	10.4 ± 3.3	10 ± 3.3	0.30
PREGNANCIES ± SD	1.8 ± 1.1	1.8 ± 1.1	1.8 ± 1.2	0.87
SEXUAL PARTNER (SP)				0.91
NO PARTNER	26 (8.5%)	14 (8.4%)	12 (8.5%)
STEADY PARTNER	257 (83.7%)	140 (84.3%)	117 (83%)
EVENTUAL PARTNER	24 (7.8%)	12 (7.2%)	12 (8.5%)
WHITE RACE	162 (52.8%)	87 (52.4%)	75 (53.2%)	0.89
CATHOLIC RELIGION	158 (51.4%)	78 (46.9%)	80 (56.7%)	0.08
CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS 0.31
NOTHING OR DEFINITIVE	14 (4.6%)	7 (4.2%)	7 (5%)
BLOCKAGE	21 (6.8%)	13 (7.8%)	8 (5.7%)
HORMONAL	195 (63.5%)	111 (66.9%)	84 (59.6%)
IUS - LNG OR CU	77 (25.1%)	35 (21.1%)	42 (29.8%)
SMOKING	33 (10.7%)	13 (7.8%)	20 (14.2%)	0.07
MENSTRUAL CYCLE +	194 (63.2%)	92 (55.4%)	102 (72.3%)	0.47

	VD-negative	VD- positive	p-value	OR	CI 95% OR
Variables	(n = 166)/n (%)	(n = 141)/n (%)
SI PER WEEK,			0.49*	1.55	0.61–3.95
NO SI (#)	18 (10.8)	15 (10.6)
< ONCE	39 (23.5)	35 (24.8)
1–3 TIMES	92 (55.4)	69 (48.9)
≥ 4	17 (10.2)	22 (15.6)
+ 1 SI/ DAY			0.8*	1.3	0.59–2.93
NEVER	99 (66.9)	81 (64.3)
SOMETIMES	36 (24.3)	31 (24.6)
FREQUENTLY	13 (8.8)	14 (11.1)
ORAL SEX (receptive)			0.9*	1.08	0.52–2.26
NEVER	84 (54.5)	67 (51.9)
SOMETIMES	52 (33.8)	46 (35.7)
FREQUENTLY	18 (11.7)	16 (12.4)
ANAL SEX (IN THE
PREVIOUS 30 DAYS)			< 0.0001*	4.34	2.21–8.5
NO	135 (91.2)	88 (69.8)
YES	13 (8.8)	38 (30.2)
USE OF LUBRICANT			0.8*	1.0
NO	118 (79.7)	99 (78.6)
YES	30 (20.3)	27 (21.4)
EROGENOUS SUBSTANCE OR SEX TOYS USE			0.03*	2.33	1.1–5
NO	137 (92.6)	106 (84.1)
YES	11 (7.4)	20 (15.9)
DOUCHING AFTER SI			0.78*	1.0	0.58–1.8
NEVER	101 (60.8)	88 (62.4)
SOMETIMES	14 (8.4)	9 (6.4)
FREQUENTLY	51 (30.7)	44 (31.2)

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