Department of Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Department of Emergency and critical care Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Epidemiol Infect. 2021 Dec 9;150:e2. doi: 10.1017/S0950268821002661.
Risky sexual behaviour (RSB) is defined as behaviours leading to sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies. According to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, HIV infection was very high among adolescents and youths living in sub-Saharan Africa including Ethiopia. This study was aimed to assess the prevalence of RSB and associated factors among undergraduate students at the University of Gondar.An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from June to July 2019 and a simple random sampling technique was employed to select 420 students. Data were collected using a structured self-administered questionnaire, entered into Epi-info version 7.0 and exported to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 for analysis, and presented in frequencies, percentages and tables. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis were carried out to identify variables having significant association with RSB.The prevalence of RSB among undergraduate students at the University of Gondar was 44.0%. Age [adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 2.12; 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.19-3.79)], residence [AOR: 2.14; 95% CI (1.22-3.75)], living arrangement [AOR: 9.79; 95% CI (5.34-17.9)], daily religious attendance[AOR: 0.57; 95% CI (0.33-0.99)], drink alcohol [AOR: 9.19; 95% CI (3.74-22.59)] and having information about reproductive health and sexually transmitted diseases [AOR:3.05; 95% CI (1.00-9.27)] were factors significantly associated with RSB.Nearly half of the respondents engaged in risky sexual activity. This prevalence is high and the students are at high risk of exposure to sexually transmitted diseases that need reproductive health intervention like counselling and discussion. Creating awareness is needed for the students regarding reproductive health and the risk of sexually transmitted diseases. In addition, giving special attention is required for students who use alcohol, who did not live with family and who have urban residence.
风险性行为（RSB）被定义为导致性传播疾病和意外怀孕的行为。根据联合国艾滋病规划署的数据，艾滋病毒感染在撒哈拉以南非洲包括埃塞俄比亚的青少年和青年中非常高。这项研究旨在评估贡德尔大学本科生中风险性行为的流行率和相关因素。
2019 年 6 月至 7 月期间，进行了一项基于机构的横断面研究，采用简单随机抽样技术选择了 420 名学生。使用结构化的自我管理问卷收集数据，将数据输入 Epi-info 版本 7.0，并导出到统计软件包（SPSS）版本 25 进行分析，并以频率、百分比和表格的形式呈现。进行了单变量和多变量逻辑回归分析，以确定与 RSB 有显著关联的变量。
贡德尔大学本科生中风险性行为的流行率为 44.0%。年龄[调整后的优势比（AOR）：2.12；95%置信区间（CI）（1.19-3.79）]、居住地[AOR：2.14；95% CI（1.22-3.75）]、生活安排[AOR：9.79；95% CI（5.34-17.9）]、每日宗教出勤率[AOR：0.57；95% CI（0.33-0.99）]、饮酒[AOR：9.19；95% CI（3.74-22.59）]和获得有关生殖健康和性传播疾病的信息[AOR：3.05；95% CI（1.00-9.27）]是与 RSB 显著相关的因素。
近一半的受访者从事风险性行为。这种流行率很高，学生面临感染性传播疾病的高风险，需要生殖健康干预，如咨询和讨论。需要提高学生对生殖健康和性传播疾病风险的认识。此外，需要特别关注那些饮酒、不与家人居住和居住在城市的学生。
