Predictors of Bacterial Vaginosis in Adolescent Women Who Douche
| Autor: | M. Kim Oh, Renee A. Desmond, Jane R. Schwebke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Sexually transmitted disease medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis Adolescent Sexual Behavior Gonorrhea Dermatology Vaginal disease Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence Trichomonas vaginalis medicine Animals Humans Risk factor Gynecology Obstetrics business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Vaginosis Bacterial Odds ratio medicine.disease Neisseria gonorrhoeae Sexual intercourse Infectious Diseases Adolescent Behavior Alabama Vaginal Douching Female Bacterial vaginosis business |
| Zdroj: | Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 31:433-436 |
| ISSN: | 0148-5717 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.olq.0000129948.91055.9f |
| Popis: | Objective Risk factors for bacterial vaginosis (BV) include douching and sexual activity, although the exact cause of BV is unknown. Goal The goal of this study was to determine the relative significance of douching as a risk factor for BV. Study design Two hundred fifty adolescent women who regularly douched were enrolled into a randomized douching intervention trial. Behavioral questionnaires and testing for sexually transmitted diseases and BV were performed. Associations between baseline characteristics and behaviors were compared for teens who were BV-positive and BV-negative at baseline. Results Positive correlates of BV included multiple partners, recent sexual intercourse, douching after menses, recent douching, and gonorrhea. Of these, douching after menses showed the strongest association (odds ratio, 5.11; 95% confidence interval, 1.99-13.15) in a multivariate analysis. Conclusions Douching after menses was strongly correlated with BV; however, difficulty remains in trying to evaluate douching and sexual behavior independently. |
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