¿Existe asociación entre los comportamientos de riesgo en salud sexual y reproductiva y el ser estudiante de medicina? estudio de corte transversal: Bogotá (Colombia) / Is there an association between sexual and reproductive health risk behaviour and being a medicine student? A cross-sectional study, Bogotá, Colombia
se realizó un estudio de corte transversal analítico en una muestra por conveniencia de 829 estudiantes de pregrado en las facultades de medicina y derecho de una universidad privada en Bogotá (Colombia). Se diseñó una encuesta basada en el Youth Risk Behavioral Survey (YRBS) para evaluar de manera anónima la percepción de conocimientos y comportamientos en salud sexual y reproductiva. Se compararon los dos grupos por medio del OR (Odds Ratio) y su respectivo IC del 95%.
225 (27.1%) students were surveyed from the lawschool and 604 (72.9%) from the school of medicine. The lawstudents presented a greater risk of having initiated sexual relationships (OR=2,21; 1.5 3.24 95% CI); having had a higher number of sexual partners (2.33 vs 2.76 p<0.0001) and were at greater risk of engaging in sexual relationships accompanied of drug and alcohol consumption (OR=1.92; 1.19 3.11 95% CI). No statistically significant differences were found regarding condom use, contraceptive practices, presentation of STD, having a background of pregnancy or self-care practices related to sexual and reproductive health.