Factors associated to Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women attended in two provincial hospitals. Matanzas 2010-2013

Abstract

An observational, cross-sectional, analytical study was carried out to determine the frequency of Chlamydia trachomatis and its associated factors in 298 sexually active women assisting the hospitals Comandante Faustino Pérez y Julio Alfonso Medina, of Matanzas, from June 2010 to June 2012, selecting 149 women from each hospital in a no randomized way. Chlamydiasis was diagnosed by CHLAMY-CHECK-1 test and other associated germs were diagnosed by vaginal exudates.  Bivariate analyses were performed, estimating relation between chlamydiasis and selected variables. We used contingency charts to analyze the risk calculating the Odd ration, with a confidence interval of 95 %. For the significant statistic association we used Chi2, being statistically significant when P value was less than 0,05. 72,5 % of the studied women were infected, being the age group of less than 24 years the one with higher incidence (85, 8 %). Starting having sexual relationships before the age of 18 was predominant, with 80,2 %. 87,1 % of the women showed instability in sexual partnership as a risk factor, predominating symptomatic partners in 94 % of the infected one. It was significant that 89,3 % of the affected patients had antecedents of sexually transmitted infections; another important risk factor was that 73, 1 % of them do not use condoms. 70 % of the cases had leucorrhea.