Analysis of Risky Sexual Behaviour and Alcohol Use in Relation to HIV Infection with and without ARV Treatment among Female Sex Workers (FSWs)
Author(s): Awalia Astarina*, Kristina Nadeak and Kristo A Nababan
Abstract
Background: Female sex workers are a group that has a high risk of contracting Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. Sexual intercourse without using condoms, starting sexual activity at a young age, having multiple sex partners, length of time working as a sex worker, frequency of sexual intercourse and having group sex, are risky sexual behaviors that can lead to HIV infection.
Objective: Analyzing the association of risky sexual behavior with HIV infection among female sex workers.
Subjects and methods: This study was an observational analytic study conducted with a cross-sectional approach on 60 FSWs. All subjects underwent history taking, HIV testing by rapid test, and risk sexual behavior assessment using a questionnaire. The relationship between risk sexual behavior and HIV infection was analyzed using the Chi Square test and was significant if the p-value<0.05, to see the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable simultaneously, it will be analyzed using multivariate analysis with logistic regression test.
Results: In FSWs found the average age of 36.9 ± 10.087, the highest level of education in high school 33 people (55%), the most marital status in widows as many as 41 people (68.3), more work as direct FSWs, laboratory examination found 40 people (66.7%) infected with HIV in FSWs, level of sexual behavior is high with a result of 50%, there is a relationship between condom use, number of sex partners, and length of work as a FSW (p<0.05). The results of multivariate analysis are most associated with HIV infection is the use of condoms and length of work as FSWs.
Conclusion: There is an association between condom use, number of sex partners, and length of time working as a FSW with HIV infection. Multivariate analysis most associated with HIV infection is whose sexual partners never used condoms during sexual intercourse with female sex workers.
