Table 4.
Association between sexually risk behaviours and STIs among ART attendees in JUSH, Jimma, Ethiopia, 2011.
| Characteristics | Frequency N (%) |
STIs | ||||
| Yes N (%) |
No N (%) |
χ2 | P-value | |||
| n = 338 | n = 120 | n = 218 | ||||
| Sexual intercourse within twelve previous months |
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| Yes | 257 (76.0) | 109 (42.4) | 148 (57.6) | 22.34 | 0.000 | |
| No | 81 (24.0) | 11 (13.6) | 70 (86.4) | |||
| Use of condom | ||||||
| Use | 165 (48.8) | 72 (43.6) | 93 (56.4) | 9.31 | 0.002 | |
| Not use | 173(51.2) | 48 (27.7) | 125 (72.3) | |||
| Unprotected sex under influence of alcohol |
9.27 | 0.002 | ||||
| Yes | 143 (42.3) | 64 (44.8) | 79 (55.2) | |||
| No | 195 (57.7) | 56 (28.7) | 139 (71.3) | |||
| Unprotected sex under influence of Khat |
0.65 | 0.422 | ||||
| Yes | 109 (32.2) | 42 (38.5) | 67 (61.5) | |||
| No | 229 (67.8) | 78 (34.1) | 151 (65.9) | |||
| Believe sexual initiation causes for STIs |
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| Yes | 333 (98.5) | 119 (35.7) | 214 (64.3) | 0.53 | 0.465 | |
| No | 5 (1.5) | - | 5 (100.0) | |||
| Believe alcohol intake causes for sexual initiation |
0.32 | 0.570 | ||||
| Yes | 329 (97.3) | 116 (35.3) | 213 (64.7) | |||
| No | 9 (2.7) | 4 (44.4) | 5 (55.6) | |||
| Believe Khat causes for STIs | ||||||
| Yes | 272 (80.5) | 96 (35.3) | 176 (64.7) | 0.03 | 0.871 | |
| No | 66 (19.5) | 24 (36.4) | 42 (63.6) | |||
| Current partner HIV serostatus | n=220 | n=87 | n=133 | |||
| Positive | 149 (67.7) | 59 (39.6) | 90 (60.4) | 0.231 | 0.891 | |
| Negative | 33 (15.0) | 14 (42.4) | 19 (57.6) | |||
| I don't know | 38 (17.3) | 14 (36.8) | 24 (63.2) | |||
| Current partner alcohol intake | n=217 | n=85 | n=132 | |||
| Drink | 89 (41.0) | 39 (43.8) | 50 (56.2) | 1.37 | 0.241 | |
| Not drink | 128 (59.0) | 46 (35.9) | 82 (64.1) | |||
| Current partner Khat use | ||||||
| Yes | 95 (43.8) | 40 (42.1) | 55 (57.9) | 0.61 | 0.434 | |
| No | 122 (56.2) | 45 (36.9) | 77 (63.1) | |||
| Current partner Shisha use | ||||||
| Yes | 18 (8.3) | 11 (61.1) | 7 (38.9) | 3.97 | 0.046 | |
| No | 199 (91.7) | 74 (37.2) | 125 (62.8) | |||
| Current partner smoking Cigarette | ||||||
| Yes | 42 (19.4) | 18 (42.9) | 24 (57.1) | 0.29 | 0.586 | |
| No | 175 (80.6) | 67 (38.3) | 108 (61.7) | |||