%0 Journal Article
%T Diagn¨®stico precoce e os fatores associados ¨¤s infec£¿£¿es sexualmente transmiss¨ªveis em mulheres atendidas na aten£¿£¿o prim¨¢ria
%A Luppi
%A Carla Gianna
%A Oliveira
%A Rute Loreto Sampaio de
%A Veras
%A Maria Am¨¦lia
%A Lippman
%A Sheri A.
%A Jones
%A Heidi
%A Jesus
%A Christiane Herold de
%A Pinho
%A Adriana A.
%A Ribeiro
%A Manoel Carlos
%A Caiaffa-Filho
%A H¨¦lio
%J Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
%D 2011
%I Associa??o Brasileira de P¨®s -Gradua??o em Sa¨²de Coletiva
%R 10.1590/S1415-790X2011000300011
%X introduction: sexually transmitted infections (stis) in women remain a public health challenge due to high prevalence, difficulties to implement early diagnosis strategies and high rates of complications. objective: identify the prevalence of stis among users of a primary health care clinic in s£¿o paulo. methods: women, 18 to 40 years of age, were invited to self-collect vaginal specimens to be tested for chlamydia trachomatis, neisseria gonorrhoeae, and trichomonas vaginalis by polymerase chain reaction (pcr). women were also invited to answer a demographic and sexual history questionnaire, either on the computer or face-to-face. results: the prevalence of stis obtained from the 781 women included in the study was: chlamydia trachomatis: 8.4%, neisseria gonorrhoeae: 1.9%, and trichomonas vaginalis: 3.2%. thirteen percent tested positive for at least one out of the three stis. the variables associated independently with a higher risk of stis were: age under 20-years-old, more than two lifetime sexual partners, and self-perception of sti risk. the use of condoms as a contraceptive method proved to be a protective factor. conclusion: the high prevalence found among these women indicates the need for the implementation of sti screening strategies in primary care settings in brazil.
%K sexually transmitted diseases
%K women
%K chlamydia trachomatis
%K diagnosis
%K trichomonas vaginalis
%K neisseria gonorrhoeae
%K primary health care.
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