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ReviewBJPsych open2024

Sexually transmitted infections, sexual life and risk behaviours of people living with schizophrenia: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Claudia Aymerich, Borja Pedruzo, Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo, Lander Madaria, Javier Goena, Vanessa Sanchez-Gistau, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Philip McGuire, Miguel Ángel González-Torres, Ana Catalan

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Review in BJPsych open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Trends in Sudden Death Among Schizophrenia Inpatients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Claudia AymerichPsychiatry Department, Basurto University Hospital, Osakidetza, Basque Health Service, Bilbao, Spain; Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, OSI Bilbao-Basurto, Bilbao, Spain; Centro de Investigación en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain; and Neuroscience Department, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0040-1608
Borja PedruzoPsychiatry Department, Basurto University Hospital, Osakidetza, Basque Health Service, Bilbao, Spain.
Gonzalo Salazar de PabloChild and Adolescent Mental Health Services, South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain; and Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6992-0767
Lander MadariaPsychiatry Department, Basurto University Hospital, Osakidetza, Basque Health Service, Bilbao, Spain; and Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, OSI Bilbao-Basurto, Bilbao, Spain.
Javier GoenaPsychiatry Department, Basurto University Hospital, Osakidetza, Basque Health Service, Bilbao, Spain.
Vanessa Sanchez-GistauEarly Intervention in Psychosis Service, Hospital Universitari Institut Pere Mata, IISPV-CERCA, CIBERSAM, ISCIII, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.
Paolo Fusar-PoliEarly Psychosis: Interventions and Clinical-Detection Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; OASIS Service, South London and Maudsley National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, UK; and National Institute for Health Research, Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Philip McGuireDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; and NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4381-0532
Miguel Ángel González-TorresPsychiatry Department, Basurto University Hospital, Osakidetza, Basque Health Service, Bilbao, Spain; Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, OSI Bilbao-Basurto, Bilbao, Spain; CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain; and Neuroscience Department, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain.
Ana CatalanPsychiatry Department, Basurto University Hospital, Osakidetza, Basque Health Service, Bilbao, Spain; Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, OSI Bilbao-Basurto, Bilbao, Spain; CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain; Neuroscience Department, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain; Early Psychosis: Interventions and Clinical-Detection Lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; and Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSexually transmitted infections (STIs), along with sexual health and behaviour, have received little attention in schizophrenia patients.

aimsTo systematically review and meta-analytically characterise the prevalence of STIs and sexual risk behaviours among schizophrenia patients.

methodWeb of Science, PubMed, BIOSIS, KCI-Korean Journal Database, MEDLINE, Russian Science Citation Index, SciELO and Cochrane Central Register were systematically searched from inception to 6 July 2023. Studies reporting on the prevalence or odds ratio of any STI or any outcome related to sexual risk behaviours among schizophrenia samples were included. PRISMA/MOOSE-compliant (CRD42023443602) random-effects meta-analyses were used for the selected outcomes. Q-statistics,

resultsForty-eight studies (

conclusionsSchizophrenia patients have high prevalence of STIs, with several-fold increased risks of HIV, HBV and HCV infection compared with the general population. Sexual health must be considered as an integral component of care.

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contraceptionHIVPsychotic disorders/schizophreniasexual lifeSTI

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PMID38725352
PMCPMC11094452

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