Alcohol Use Predicts Number of Sexual Partners for Female but not Male STI Clinic Patients. AIDS Behav 2016 Jan;20 Suppl 1(0 1):S52-9
Date
08/28/2015Pubmed ID
26310596Pubmed Central ID
PMC4715538DOI
10.1007/s10461-015-1177-9Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84955174791 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 22 CitationsAbstract
This study tested the hypothesis that greater alcohol involvement will predict number of sexual partners to a greater extent for women than for men, and that the hypothesized sex-specific, alcohol-sexual partner associations will hold when controlling for alternative sex-linked explanations (i.e., depression and drug use). We recruited 508 patients (46 % female, 67 % African American) from a public sexually transmitted infections (STI) clinic. Participants reported number of sexual partners, drinks per week, maximum drinks per day, frequency of heavy drinking; they also completed the AUDIT-C and a measure of alcohol problems. As expected, men reported more drinking and sexual partners. Also as expected, the association between alcohol use and number of partners was significant for women but not for men, and these associations were not explained by drug use or depression. A comprehensive prevention strategy for women attending STI clinics might include alcohol use reduction.
Author List
Carey KB, Senn TE, Walsh JL, Scott-Sheldon LA, Carey MPAuthor
Jennifer L. Walsh PhD Associate Professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultAlcohol Drinking
Ambulatory Care Facilities
Cross-Sectional Studies
Ethanol
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Safe Sex
Sex Distribution
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Partners
Substance-Related Disorders
Unsafe Sex
Young Adult
