Determinants of gonorrhoea infection among STD clinic attenders in Trinidad—I: Sociodemographic factors, knowledge, risk perception and history of STD

We determined the prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and describe sociodemographic factors, knowledge and sexually transmitted disease (STD) history associated with gonococcal infection among 991 STD clinic attenders in Trinidad, West Indies (WI). The prevalence of gonorrhoea was 25%. Predictors fo...

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Published in:International journal of STD & AIDS 2002-01, Vol.13 (1), p.39-45
Main Authors: CASTOR, D, PRABHAKAR, P, FURLONGE, C, RAO, A, BROWN, A, CAMARA, B, WEISS, H, JOLLY, P. E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
AIDS/HIV
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the genital system
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Gonorrhea - epidemiology
Gonorrhea - transmission
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Odds Ratio
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Risk-Taking
Sex Factors
Treponema pallidum
Trinidad and Tobago - epidemiology
Tropical medicine
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Summary:We determined the prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and describe sociodemographic factors, knowledge and sexually transmitted disease (STD) history associated with gonococcal infection among 991 STD clinic attenders in Trinidad, West Indies (WI). The prevalence of gonorrhoea was 25%. Predictors for gonorrhoea were: male gender (odds ratios [OR] 3.5), age 15-19 (OR 2.5) and 20-29 years (OR 2.1), unawareness of the term STD (OR 1.5), self-perceived risk for STDs (OR 1.7) and no history of syphilis (OR 2.0). When the data were analysed by gender, significant associations were identified between gonococcal infection and age
ISSN:0956-4624
1758-1052
DOI:10.1258/0956462021924604