Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants (N = 150).
| Age, median (IQR) | 42 (36–49) |
| Province, N (%) | |
| Kigali city (metro) | 81 (54.0) |
| Outside Kigali (non-Metro) | 69 (46.0) |
| Education, N (%) | |
| No formal education | 22 (14.7) |
| Some primary education | 64 (44.7) |
| Some secondary education | 37 (24.7) |
| Some university | 25 (16.7) |
| Occupation, N (%) | |
| Farming | 63 (42.0) |
| Civil servant | 11 (7.3) |
| Business | 32 (21.3) |
| Health worker | 13 (8.7) |
| Other | 31 (20.7) |
| Marital status, N (%) | |
| Single | 8 (5.3) |
| Married/cohabitating | 108 (72.0) |
| Divorced | 10 (6.7) |
| Widowed | 24 (16.0) |
| Age at first intercourse, N (%) | |
| 15–20 | 50 (33.3) |
| 21–25 | 64 (42.7) |
| 26–30 | 29 (19.3) |
| 31–35 | 4 (2.7) |
| 36–40 | 2 (1.3) |
| 41–45 | 1 (0.67) |
| Lifetime sexual partners, median (IQR) | 2 (1–2) |
| Gonorrhea history, N (%) | |
| Never | 137 (91.3) |
| Once | 7 (4.7) |
| > 1 time infected | 2 (1.3) |
| Unsure of history | 4 (2.7) |
| Chlamydia history, N (%) | |
| Never | 128 (85.3) |
| Once | 2 (1.3) |
| > 1 time infected | 1 (0.67) |
| Unsure of history | 6 (4.0) |
| Other STD history | 11 (7.3) |
| Contraception use, N (%) | |
| Never used/unsure | 51 (34.0) |
| Currently using | 38 (25.3) |
| Used in the past | 61 (40.7) |
| Alcohol, N (%) | |
| Never drinker | 77 (51.3) |
| Current drinker | 39 (26.0) |
| Former drinker | 34 (22.7) |
| Smoking, N (%) | |
| Never smoker | 128 (85.3) |
| Current smoker | 8 (5.3) |
| Former smoker | 14 (9.3) |
| Pregnancies, median (IQR) | 5 (3–7) |
| Reason for seeking consult, N (%)a | |
| Regular check-up | 20 (13.3) |
| Vaginal discharge | 96 (64.0) |
| Bleeding | 11 (7.3) |
| Pelvic pain | 17 (11.3) |
| Vaginal ulceration | 2 (1.3) |
| Timing of last speculum exam, N (%) | |
| Never | 49 (32.7) |
| Weeks | 44 (29.3) |
| Months | 35 (23.3) |
| Years | 22 (14.7) |
a
Four patient had missing reason for consult.