Sexual and reproductive health in Spanish University Students. A comparison between medical and law students |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Women''s and Children''s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;2. Department of Nursing, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden;1. Discipline of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, University of Sydney, Camperdown, 2050 NSW, Australia;2. Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia;1. Department of Nursing, University of Iceland, Eirberg vid Eiriksgotu, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland;2. University Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women''s Clinic, Landspitali University Hospital;3. Department of Medicine and Centre of Public Health, University of Iceland, Stapi v/Hringbraut, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland;4. Midwifery Research and Education Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Reproductive Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany;5. School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveTo describe behaviors and knowledge related to sexual and reproductive health of Spanish university students and their association with the subject area studied (biomedical or not).MethodsA descriptive cross-sectional observational study conducted with 2074 students aged 18–24 years from the University Complutense of Madrid in the Faculties of Medicine and Law. Simple random stratified sampling without replacement was performed. A self-administered, anonymous and voluntary questionnaire was distributed. It was based on the Youth Risk Health Behavior Survey and assessed behavior and knowledge in three areas: sex, contraceptive methods (CM) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).ResultsIn total, 83.5% of respondents had had sexual intercourse, from a mean age of 16.8 years and with a mean of 3.4 sexual partners. Compared with the law students (LS), fewer medical students (MS) were sexually active, they had a later age of sexual initiation and they had had fewer sexual partners (p < 0.001). High regular use of contraceptive methods was observed (92.8%), with no significant differences between groups, although LS had had more unprotected sex and had more often used emergency contraception than had MS (p < 0.001). In total, 81.5% of respondents knew about the vaccine against human papillomavirus, 60.8% its relationship with cancer and 43.2% had been vaccinated, the rates being significantly higher in MS (p < 0.001).ConclusionsThe behavior and knowledge of medical students in relation to sexual and reproductive health differed from those of law students. |
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| Keywords: | Sexual health University Contraception Sexually transmitted infections Human papillomavirus |
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