在有或没有军事性创伤的退伍军人中进行性传播感染检测和流行率
Traci A Takahashi1,2, Desta Gebregiorgis3, Marissa Maier4,5
1VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Seattle, WA, USA. traci.takahashi@va.gov.
Journal of general internal medicine
|June 25, 2025
概括
军事性创伤 (MST) 与男性退伍军人中更高的性传播感染 (STI) 风险有关,但不是女性退伍军人. 这项研究突显出,在有性传播感染史的男性军人中,性传播感染的严重健康差异.
科学领域:
- 退伍军人卫生管理局退伍军人卫生管理局
- 军事性创伤 (MST) 是一种性创伤.
- 性传播感染性传播感染 (STIs)
背景情况:
- 自2001年以来,退伍军人卫生管理局 (VHA) 对性传播疾病的普遍查已经确定了女性和男性退伍军人中显著的患病率.
- 众所周知,MST会对身体和精神健康产生负面影响,并与性传播疾病风险增加有关.
- 然而,退伍军人的性传播感染和性传播感染风险之间的特定关联仍然未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 评估2022年接受VHA护理的退伍军人中STI测试率,流行率和感染风险.
- 为了比较这些指标之间的退伍军人与没有性传播病史.
主要方法:
- 使用2022年VHA数据进行了一项回顾性队列研究.
- 参与者包括所有在2022年VHA护理中的退伍军人,他们已经完成了MST查问题.
- 研究期间提取了有关性传播疾病检测和感染的数据.
主要成果:
- 包括近640万退伍军人;35%的女性和2%的男性报告性传播疾病.
- 与没有性传播疾病的男性退伍军人相比,患有性传播疾病的男性退伍军人患上性传播疾病的患病率更高 (0.7%vs0.2%).
- 在测试的男性退伍军人中,性传播与获得性传播疾病的几率增加了23%,而在女性退伍军人中没有发现显著差异.
结论:
- 性传播感染与男性退伍军人进行性传播感染测试的性传播感染风险增加有关.
- 在女性退伍军人中没有观察到这种关联,这表明在医疗保健利用,性行为或心理健康后果方面存在潜在的差异.
- 需要进行进一步的研究,以了解发生性传播后性传播感染风险中这种性别差异的根本原因.
关键词:
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