Associations between oral sex practices and frequent mouthwash use in heterosexuals: a cross-sectional survey in Melbourne, Australia
| Autor: | Eric P F Chow, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Marjan Tabesh, Jane S Hocking, Tiffany R. Phillips, Christopher K Fairley, Kate Maddaford |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Sexual health clinic Victoria Cross-sectional study Epidemiology Sexual Behavior Gonorrhea Mouthwashes Sexually Transmitted Diseases lcsh:Medicine Cunnilingus 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system Sexual medicine Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Homosexuality Male Heterosexuality Aged 030505 public health business.industry lcsh:R public health sexual medicine General Medicine medicine.disease body regions Cross-Sectional Studies Female 0305 other medical science business Demography |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Open BMJ Open, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2044-6055 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveThis study aimed to determine the frequency of mouthwash use and its association to oral sex practice in heterosexuals.DesignA cross-sectional study.SettingData obtained from a sexual health clinic in Victoria, Australia, between March 2019 and April 2019.ParticipantsHeterosexual men and women attending the sexual health clinic answered a survey using computer-assisted self-interview.Primary and secondary outcome measuresUnivariable and multivariable logistic regression were performed to examine the association between frequent mouthwash use (ie, daily or weekly mouthwash use) and oral sex practices (including tongue kissing, fellatio, cunnilingus and insertive rimming).ResultsThere were 681 heterosexuals included in the analysis: 315 (46.3%) men and 366 (53.7%) women. Of participants, 302 (44.3%) used mouthwash frequently, 173 (25.4%) used mouthwash infrequently and 206 (30.2%) never used mouthwash. There was no significant difference in the proportion of frequent mouthwash users between men and women (46.4% of men vs 42.6% of women; p=0.329). The proportion of frequent mouthwash users increased with increasing age groups (39.3% in ≤24 years, 45.2% in 25–34 years and 52.8% in ≥35 years or older; ptrend=0.039) with those aged ≥35 years having a 1.80 times (95% CI: 1.12 to 2.89) higher odds of being a frequent mouthwash user than those aged ≤24 years. There were no significant associations between frequent mouthwash users had sexually transmitted infection (STI) risk after adjusting for age and country of birth.ConclusionOlder heterosexuals are more likely to use mouthwash. Given the high proportion and associations of mouthwash use in heterosexuals, future investigations related to oral STIs in this group should include mouthwash use. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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