Questionnaire as an Additional Method for Studying the Prevalence of Infections with a Predominantly Sexual Mode of Transmission

Authors: Shevnina E, Lysogorskaya I, Tkachenko T, Karpov D, Fedchenko P, Osipova A and Fishman B*

Volume 2, Issue 9

Abstract

The analysis of the data obtained from the state statistical supervision forms during 2008 has shown the tendency of a decrease in the majority of sexually transmitted infections (STI). However, an unfavorable situation still remains in a number of territories of the Russian Federation, especially in the Siberian, the Far East, the Privolzhsky, the Urals and the North West Federal Districts. The social importance of the STI problem is demonstrated by a high level of mor-bidity in children and the growth in their house contamination. On a back-ground of a decrease in the majority of infections, the indicators of morbidity caused by virus infections keep the tendency to grow. The prevalence of infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission in one of the urban areas of St. Petersburg according to various sources was studied: questionnaires, requests for medical assistance, and the results of medical examinations. To confirm the diagnosis, it is necessary to use clinical-bacterioscopic methods. The trends of both decrease and growth of individual infections are noted. It is emphasized that to obtain more accurate data on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections, it is necessary to use various sources of information.

Keywords: Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections; Medical Checkup; Bacterioscopy

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