Clinical trial NCT04417426: Sexual Behavior Among Medical Students in Mexico
Official title: Sexual Behavior: Challenges in Prevention and Control Among Medical Students in Mexico
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Keywords: Sexually transmitted diseases
Mass screening
Public health
Confounding Factors
Sexual intercourse
Epidemiologic
Lead sponsor: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2020-06-04
Enrollment: 519
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Medical students attending a private university in Mexico from 1st through 6th semester

Brief summary: This study aims to identify factors that influence students to undertake or not sexually transmitted diseases screening tests and to have an actual outlook of how Mexican university students live their sexual life. Moreover, the investigators aim to identify potential epidemiological risks and challenges to achieve adequate prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases in this population. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at a private university in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, from December 2019 to April 2020.

Detailed description: The investigators will invite the students to complete it and leave it in a black painted box to maintain privacy. The investigators will inquire if the participants considered having adequate knowledge about STDs, sexual intercourse onset, sexual behavior, number of sex partners, sexual orientation, use of condoms and contraceptives, sexual intercourse under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and reasons why students do not get sexually transmitted diseases screenings.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* University students currently attending medical school from 1st through 6th semester

Exclusion Criteria:

* Young adults not attending medical school
* Students out of the 1st - 6th-semester range

Primary outcomes:
measure: Sexual intercourse onset
timeFrame: up to 4 months
measure: Sexual partners in the last year
timeFrame: up to 4 months
measure: Total number of sexual partners
timeFrame: up to 4 months
measure: Use of condoms and contraceptives
timeFrame: up to 4 months
measure: STDs screening
timeFrame: up to 4 months
measure: STD testing centers
timeFrame: up to 4 months
measure: Exclusive or non-exclusive sexual relationships
timeFrame: up to 4 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Guadalajara
country: Mexico
facility: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
state: Jalisco
Study officials:
References:
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