Open AccessSexual experience, abortion and sexually transmitted diseases among young women at a contraceptive clinic
Author(s) -
Persson Elisabeth,
Holtzberg Madeleine,
Edgardh Karin
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016349109006180
Subject(s) - medicine , condom , sexually transmitted disease , gynecology , casual , chlamydia , chlamydia trachomatis , family planning , abortion , population , demography , obstetrics , developed country , family medicine , pregnancy , research methodology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , materials science , genetics , environmental health , sociology , biology , immunology , composite material
All visitors who during one year visited a contraceptive clinic in the Solna district of Stockholm County and were below the age of 26 were asked to fill in a questionnaire and offered a test for C. trachomatis . Three hundred and six women (97%) participated. Ninety percent had at some time used oral contraceptives and 91% had experience of condom use. One‐fifth of the whole group had undergone one or more legal abortions, and one fourth had experience of a sexually transmitted disease (STD). The most common STD experienced was chlamydia, followed by condyloma. The actual prevalence of chlamydia in the group was 6%. Sexual contacts were often made early in on‐going steady relations. Forty‐two percent admitted casual sex, but the number of life‐time partners was five or less among the majority.