Sexual Behavior Among Medical Students in Mexico

NCT ID: NCT04417426

Last Updated: 2020-06-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

519 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-12-02

Study Completion Date

2020-05-22

Brief Summary

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This study aims to identify factors that influence students to undertake or not sexually transmitted diseases screening tests and to have an actual outlook of how Mexican university students live their sexual life. Moreover, the investigators aim to identify potential epidemiological risks and challenges to achieve adequate prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases in this population. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at a private university in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, from December 2019 to April 2020.

Detailed Description

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The investigators will invite the students to complete it and leave it in a black painted box to maintain privacy. The investigators will inquire if the participants considered having adequate knowledge about STDs, sexual intercourse onset, sexual behavior, number of sex partners, sexual orientation, use of condoms and contraceptives, sexual intercourse under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and reasons why students do not get sexually transmitted diseases screenings.

Conditions

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Survey

A survey was conducted, which was filled voluntarily and completely anonymously; the demographic data asked were: sex, age, religion, and semester. We included questions about their sexual behavior: if they considered having enough knowledge about STDs, sexual intercourse onset, number of sexual partners in the last year, the total number of sexual partners, sexual orientation, the use of condoms and contraceptives, exclusive or non-exclusive sexual intercourses, frequency of STDs screening, and then if they know the location of STD testing centers.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* University students currently attending medical school from 1st through 6th semester

Exclusion Criteria

* Young adults not attending medical school
* Students out of the 1st - 6th-semester range
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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GONZALEZ-OJEDA ALEJANDRO

Investigador Titular D

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Site Status

Countries

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Mexico

References

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Aburto-Arciniega MB, Escamilla-Santiago RA, Diaz-Olavarrieta CA, Fajardo-Dolci GE, Urrutia-Aguilar ME, Arce-Cedeno A, Mota-Sanchez AA, Guevara-Guzman R. Sexual health educational intervention in medical students. Gac Med Mex. 2020;156(2):164-170. doi: 10.24875/GMM.M20000354.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32285861 (View on PubMed)

Campero Cuenca L, Atienzo EE, Suarez Lopez L, Hernandez Prado B, Villalobos Hernandez A. [Sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in Mexico: evidence and proposals]. Gac Med Mex. 2013 May-Jun;149(3):299-307. No abstract available. Spanish.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23807332 (View on PubMed)

Cuffe KM, Newton-Levinson A, Gift TL, McFarlane M, Leichliter JS. Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States. J Adolesc Health. 2016 May;58(5):512-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.01.002. Epub 2016 Mar 15.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26987687 (View on PubMed)

Cifuentes E, Trasande L, Ramirez M, Landrigan PJ. A qualitative analysis of environmental policy and children's health in Mexico. Environ Health. 2010 Mar 23;9:14. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-14.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20331868 (View on PubMed)

Goyal MK, Teach SJ, Badolato GM, Trent M, Chamberlain JM. Universal Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections among Asymptomatic Adolescents in an Urban Emergency Department: High Acceptance but Low Prevalence of Infection. J Pediatr. 2016 Apr;171:128-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.01.019. Epub 2016 Feb 2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26846572 (View on PubMed)

Friedman AL, Kachur RE, Noar SM, McFarlane M. Health Communication and Social Marketing Campaigns for Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control: What Is the Evidence of their Effectiveness? Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Feb;43(2 Suppl 1):S83-101. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000286.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26779691 (View on PubMed)

Uken RB, Brummer O, von Schubert-Bayer C, Brodegger T, Teudt IU. Oral HPV prevalence in women positive for cervical HPV infection and their sexual partners: a German screening study. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Jul;273(7):1933-42. doi: 10.1007/s00405-016-3953-1. Epub 2016 Mar 9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26961518 (View on PubMed)

Mohammed H, Mitchell H, Sile B, Duffell S, Nardone A, Hughes G. Increase in Sexually Transmitted Infections among Men Who Have Sex with Men, England, 2014. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jan;22(1):88-91. doi: 10.3201/eid2201.151331.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26689861 (View on PubMed)

Pearson WS, Peterman TA, Gift TL. An increase in sexually transmitted infections seen in US emergency departments. Prev Med. 2017 Jul;100:143-144. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.04.028. Epub 2017 Apr 26.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28455221 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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STD01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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