Alcohol, age at first sexual intercourse and number of sexual partners in young Mexican women.

Autor: Mendez-Ruiz MD; Facultad de Enfermería de Nuevo Laredo, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico., Villegas-Pantoja MÁ; Facultad de Enfermería de Nuevo Laredo, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Electronic address: mapantoja@uat.edu.mx., Guzmán-Ramírez V; Facultad de Enfermería de Nuevo Laredo, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico., Santos-Ramírez CJ; Facultad de Enfermería de Nuevo Laredo, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Enfermeria clinica (English Edition) [Enferm Clin (Engl Ed)] 2022 Jun; Vol. 32 Suppl 1, pp. S38-S45. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 02.
DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcle.2020.01.003
Abstrakt: Aim: To identify the relationship between use of alcohol, number of sexual partners and age of sexual initiation.
Method: Descriptive-correlational study. A random sample of 319 young women (age 18-25) from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico was recruited. A sociodemographic data sheet and the AUDIT questionnaire were used. Non-parametric Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and Kruskal-Wallis H test were selected.
Results: On average the participants were 20.70 years old (±2.1), had 1.86 sexual partners (±1.27), started drinking alcohol at the age of 16.82 (±1.79), and their first sexual intercourse was at the age of 17.38 (±1.65). There was a decrease in the age of onset of alcohol use (H=16.646, p<.001) and the age at first sexual intercourse (H=26.749, p<.001) on the lower their current age. The overall AUDIT score negatively correlated with the age of the participants on their first sexual intercourse (r s =-.168, p<.001) and positively correlated with the number of sexual partners (r s =.243, p<.001). The aforementioned correlations were more intense among the younger participants (18- and 19-year olds; p<.01).
Conclusions: There was an association between higher use of alcohol, early age of sexual initiation and number of sexual partners. Nursing professionals may address such variables simultaneously through preventive strategies directed specifically at young women.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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