ArticleCureus2025
Morbidity Profile of Patients With Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Their Determinants in a Tertiary Care Institute of Eastern India.
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backgroundSexually transmitted infections (STIs) have a tremendous health burden in India, owing to its younger population. The current study was conducted to study the pattern of different STIs and their determinants among cases presenting to a tertiary hospital STI clinic.
methodsIn this descriptive cross-sectional study, a total of 340 new cases of STIs attending the STI clinic during one year were enrolled. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to record the socio-demographic profile, sexual history, knowledge of STIs, and safe sex measures. A dermatologist performed the clinical examination, including a general and systemic examination.
resultsThe mean age of the participants was 27.10 years (± 6.03) with a range from 17 to 45 years. The mean age at the first sexual encounter was significantly lower in females as compared to males (18.5 years versus 21.2 years, t=13.85, p=0.000). The most common morbidity among females was bacterial vaginosis (BV) (72, 43.4%), and the common STIs were herpes genitalis (52, 15.3%),
conclusionThe study concluded that female participants had significantly younger ages of sexual debut, and they also had higher chances of bacterial STIs. Genital syphilis and herpes were the most common ulcerative STIs, whereas BV and trichomoniasis were the most common causes of genital discharge.
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