Sexual Behavior Among Medical Students in Mexico

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Trial

Official title:

Sexual Behavior: Challenges in Prevention and Control Among Medical Students in Mexico

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04417426
• Other study ID #: STD01
• Status: Completed
• Start date: December 2, 2019
• Est. completion date: May 22, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: June 2020
• Source: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 519
• Est. completion date: May 22, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: April 30, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Intervention

Other:
• 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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Mexico	Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social	Guadalajara	Jalisco

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Mexico, 

References & Publications (9)

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

Campero Cuenca L, Atienzo EE, Suárez López L, Hernández Prado B, Villalobos Hernández A. [Sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in Mexico: evidence and proposals]. Gac Med Mex. 2013 May-Jun;149(3):299-307. Spanish. — View Citation

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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. — View Citation

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. Review. — View Citation

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. — View Citation

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. — View Citation

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. — View Citation

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. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Sexual intercourse onset	Age of first sexual relationship	up to 4 months
Primary	Sexual partners in the last year	Number of sexual partners in the last year	up to 4 months
Primary	Total number of sexual partners	Total number of sexual partners in the participants lifetime	up to 4 months
Primary	Use of condoms and contraceptives	Frequency of usage of condoms and contraceptive methods	up to 4 months
Primary	STDs screening	Frequency of STDs screening	up to 4 months
Primary	STD testing centers	Knowledge of the location of STD testing centers	up to 4 months
Primary	Exclusive or non-exclusive sexual relationships	Frequency of exclusive and non-exclusive sexual relationships	up to 4 months