在泰米尔纳德邦奈使用在线约会应用程序的成年人中的避孕意识及其使用实践:一项跨部门研究
Jeffrey Joseph1, Subhashini Viswanath2, Gokul G1
1Community Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.
Cureus
|July 2, 2025
概括
在线约会应用程序用户中,避孕药的使用是常见的,与其使用相关的社会经济地位,酒精消费和医疗保健咨询更高. 然而,一些用户仍然没有接受性传播感染 (STIs) 的测试.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 性健康 性的健康
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 在线约会应用程序被广泛用于关系和性探索.
- 这些平台上的不安全性行为增加了意外怀孕和性传播感染 (STIs) 的风险.
- 使用避孕药对于减轻这些性健康风险至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定在线约会应用程序用户中使用避孕药的流行程度.
- 为了确定与这一群体的避孕药使用相关的因素.
- 评估参与者之间的STI测试状态.
主要方法:
- 在泰米尔纳德邦的奈进行了一项基于社区的横截面研究.
- 270名参与者使用雪球采样进行了招募.
- 通过预先测试的半结构化问卷收集数据,并使用SPSS分析数据.
主要成果:
- 在线约会应用程序用户中使用避孕药的流行率为67%.
- 与避孕药使用相关的因素包括上层/中层社会经济地位,酒精消费和咨询医疗保健专业人员.
- 13.3%的参与者从未接受过性传播感染测试.
结论:
- 在线约会应用程序用户中有很大一部分使用避孕药.
- 社会经济地位,酒精消费和医疗咨询与避孕药的使用有关.
- 尽管避孕药的使用率很高,但在性病检测和医疗咨询方面存在差距,需要针对性性健康计划.
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