جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "sexualbehavior" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases is an important public health problem, especially in people who are sexually active, such as the army conscript group. However, their knowledge, attitudes, and practices may be influenced by certain cultures and beliefs. This study explored the factors associated with the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among the Muslim army conscript in three deep southern provinces of Thailand.

The cross-sectional study design was conducted among 360 Muslim army conscripts. A researcher made questionnaire on knowledge of HIV/STI transmission, attitude toward condom use, and sexual behavior was distributed to the participants in a camp base. The association between the potential predictor variables and the risk of HIV/STI was analyzed using the multiple logistic regression. Statistically significant of the association considered a P value ≤ 0.05.

The results suggest that most Muslim army conscripts had a poor knowledge level of HIV/STI transmission (78.7%) and that their attitude toward condom use was at a moderate level (60.0%). The predicted factors were marital status [aOR = 0.078, 95% CI = 0.035-0.172], substance use before having sex [aOR = 8.044, 95% CI = 1.288-50.230], stimulant use before having sex [aOR = 3.632, 95% CI = 1.080-12.211], vaginal sexual intercourse [aOR = 26.228, 95% CI = 8.370-82.189], and oral sexual intercourse [aOR = 2.256, 95% CI = 1.106-4.601].

A proper sexual health education program should be developed and delivered to enhance knowledge on HIV/STI transmission among Muslim army conscripts.

Cervical cancer is known to be a preventable cancer in which various risk factors play role in increasing the risk of the disease. In this study, we have assessed different risk factors involved in invasive cervical cancer in Northeast of Iran.

In a case control study, 100 patients with advanced cervical cancer were compared to 100 healthy, normal women. In addition, 100 cases of prisoner women who had a high risk profile for cervical cancer were also investigated. Cervical risk factors for these groups were documented using a questionnaire and available medical notes. Univariate analysis was done for each risk factor followed by a multivariate regression analysis to evaluate the most powerful risk factors after adjustment.

Age of first intercourse ≤16 (P<0.001)[OR= 4.18, 95% CI (2.32-7.54)], sexually transmitted diseases (STD) (P<0.001) [OR=8.59,95% CI (4.25-17.37)], passive smoking (P<0.01) [OR= 2.35, 95% CI (1.17-4.72)], smoking (P<0.01) [OR=10.33, 95% CI (2.32-46.17)], age of first pregnancy ≤17 years (P<0.001) [OR= 3.37, 95% CI (1.79-6.33)] were strongly related to the occurrence of cervical cancer. However, STD remained statistically significant (P<0.01) after adjustment.