Nguyen Nhuong T, Subasinghe Asvini K, Wark John D, Reavley Nicola, Garland Suzanne M
Aust Fam Physician. 2017 Dec;46(12):935-941.
Identifying factors related to risky sexual behaviour may contribute to preventive and interventional approaches to reduce negative mental health outcomes among young women. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between psychological distress and risky sexual behaviours in females aged 16-25 years in Victoria, Australia.
Data were extracted from the Young Female Health Initiative (YFHI), a study in which participants were recruited via advertisements on Facebook. Logistic regression was used to assess associations between psychological distress, as measured by the Kessler 10 (K10) Psychological Distress Scale, and risky sexual behaviours.
Data were available from 200 sexually active participants and 40 non-sexually active participants. We found that the K10 score was independently associated with sex while under the influence of alcohol or drugs (odds ratio: 1.7; 95% confidence intervals: 1.2, 2.7; P = 0.006).
Although data were collected from a small sample of young women, we found that those with underlying psychological distress may adopt risky sexual behaviours, especially if concomitantly drinking alcohol or taking drugs.
识别与危险性行为相关的因素可能有助于采取预防和干预措施，以减少年轻女性的负面心理健康结果。本研究的目的是调查澳大利亚维多利亚州16至25岁女性心理困扰与危险性行为之间的关联。
数据取自“年轻女性健康倡议”（YFHI），该研究通过在脸书上发布广告招募参与者。采用逻辑回归分析来评估以凯斯勒10项心理困扰量表（K10）衡量的心理困扰与危险性行为之间的关联。
有200名性活跃参与者和40名非性活跃参与者的数据可供分析。我们发现，K10得分与在酒精或药物影响下发生性行为独立相关（优势比：1.7；95%置信区间：1.2，2.7；P = 0.006）。
尽管数据是从一小部分年轻女性样本中收集的，但我们发现，有潜在心理困扰的女性可能会采取危险性行为，尤其是在同时饮酒或吸毒的情况下。
