Comportamento sexual de risco e fatores associados em universitários

Abstract

The present work is linked to the master’s consortium corresponding to the biennial 2017/2018 of the Post-graduate Program in Epidemiology of the Federal University of Pelotas. Through a cross-sectional census-type methodology, between November 2017 and July 2018, 1,865 students were interviewed. The study aimed to describe the prevalence of risky sexual behavior (RSB) according to demographic, economic, psychosocial and behavioral characteristics. For this study, students of 80 UFPel undergraduate courses that entered the first semester of 2017 and remained enrolled in the second semester, with ³18, were included. An instrument with 11 questions was developed for the gathering of information about the sexual behavior of university students. It has been considered as risky sexual behavior to have had more than one partner in the last 3 months allied to not having used a condom during the last sexual intercourse. Characterization of the sample included the following variables: demographic (gender, age, skin color, relationship status, religion, where he lived before joining UFPel), economics (economic level, type of secondary education), psychosocial (sexual orientation, gender identity), the academic context (area of knowledge of the course, with whom it divides dwelling) and behavioral (tobacco consumption, consumption of alcoholic beverages and sexual behaviors). A chi-square test was used to evaluate the difference between the sexes and Poisson regression for adjusted analysis. Among the freshmen, 1,547 reported having ever had sex in their lifetime. The prevalence of RSB was 9% (95% CI 7.6 - 10.5). Risky sexual behavior was positively associated with males, use of psychoactive substances prior to sexual intercourse, and use of mobile phone applications for the purpose of having sex within the past 3 months. It was directly associated with the frequency of consumption of alcoholic beverages and inversely associated with the age of onset of sexual intercourse. Although university students are expected to be an informed population, the prevalence of CSR was significant, indicating the need for increased public investment in sex education and awareness raising actions. This volume includes: research project, field work report, changes made in the research project, original article, press release and attachments.