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Sexually Transmitted Infections and Associated Factors in Southeast Spain: A Retrospective Study from 2000 to 2014.

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2020-10-13

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Pérez-Morente, María Ángeles
Gázquez-López, María
Álvarez-Serrano, María Adelaida
Martínez-García, Encarnación
Femia-Marzo, Pedro
Pozo-Cano, María Dolores
Martín-Salvador, Adelina

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The World Health Organization estimates that more than one million people acquire a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) every day, compromising quality of life, sexual and reproductive health, and the health of newborns and children. It is an objective of this study to identify the factors related to a Sexually Transmitted Infection diagnosis in the province of Granada (Spain), as well as those better predicting the risk of acquiring such infections. In this study, 678 cases were analyzed on a retrospective basis, which were treated at the Centre for Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Sexual Orientation in Granada, between 2000-2014. Descriptive statistics were applied, and by means of binary logistic regression, employing the forward stepwise-likelihood ratio, a predictive model was estimated for the risk of acquiring an STI. Sex, age, occupation, economic crisis period, drug use, number of days in which no condoms were used, number of sexual partners in the last month and in the last year, and number of subsequent visits and new subsequent episodes were associated with an STI diagnosis (p

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Child
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Public Health
Quality of Life
Retrospective Studies
Sex Workers
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Partners
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Socioeconomic Factors
Spain
Vulnerable Populations

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public health, risk groups, sexually transmitted diseases

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