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Tupia, E., Vargas, H. (2023). Impacto de la pandemia COVID-19 sobre la frecuencia anual de infecciones de transmisión sexual en un centro especializado de Lima, Perú en el periodo 2018- 2021 [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/14885
Tupia, E., Vargas, H. Impacto de la pandemia COVID-19 sobre la frecuencia anual de infecciones de transmisión sexual en un centro especializado de Lima, Perú en el periodo 2018- 2021 []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/14885
@misc{renati/911027,
title = "Impacto de la pandemia COVID-19 sobre la frecuencia anual de infecciones de transmisión sexual en un centro especializado de Lima, Perú en el periodo 2018- 2021",
author = "Vargas Suarez, Horacio Kenneth",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2023"
}
Background: During the pandemic, a significant change has been seen in people's sexual behavior. Likewise, the pandemic brought factors that influenced the health system. Consequently, care decreased and due to extensive quarantines, they did not seek sexual health care for the diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Objective: Compare the frequency of genital herpes, gonorrhea and syphilis, during the period 2018 - 2019 with the period 2020 - 2021; to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the number of new STI patients. Material and methods: The present study will be observational, retrospective, crosssectional. Based on the review of pre-existing records of patients treated for STIs in the period 2018 to 2021 at the Raúl Patruco specialized Health Center. Results: In the first period, 1486 stories were reviewed and in the second, 1240 stories, with 68.6% of the patients being male and 31.4% female. The average age was 31 years, with a standard deviation of 11.2. The frequency of genital herpes increased from 8.9% to 10.7% (p=0.056), the frequency of gonorrhea increased from 19.2% to 26.7% (p=0.007). and the frequency of syphilis increased from 36.2% to 42.9% (p<0.001). In the case of coinfections, the only one that had a significant change was syphilis-HIV from 7.7% to 13.4% (p <0.001). In the studied population, sexual practices that include anal practices predominate in both periods, 76.6% and 84% cases in the first and second periods respectively. Conclusions: A significant increase in the frequencies of syphilis, herpes, and gonorrhea was observed from the pre-pandemic period to the pandemic period.
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