Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among Urban Men Attending the out Patient Department (OPD) of Federal Government Services Hospital (FGSH) Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract

This cross sectional study was conducted among urban men attending the STI OPD of FGSH in OPD of STI patients. The objectives of this study to describe OPD based proportion of STI, among urban area men from Islamabad, to describe the socio-demographic characteristics of urban men with STI from Islamabad urban area, to describe the proportion of men in urban area with STI who come back with persistent sign and symptoms of STIs after completion of first line treatment, to describe the incidence of new STI infections in men in urban area with STI attending the OPD of FGSH. Hospital record were reviewed for two types of diagnosis made by doctor one was syndromic diagnosis based on history and clinical examination and other was Laboratory diagnosis based on STI OPD record of FGSH 2009. The sample size 493 was used .The result showed the proportion of STI compared to all diagnosis in men from urban area was 12.2%. Most of participants mean age was 27 years .More than half of patients were between 25-34 years age groups, 57% were married ,59.4% had government job more than 40% were educated up to primary level , near two third 73% was in low income, 64.7% had religion Islam and more than half 52% were belong from urban slum area. The overall percentage of STI by syndromic diagnosis 60.2% is more than diagnosed by laboratory 39.7%. The frequencies of follow up of patients of STI 29 (5.9%): The proportion of men in urban area with STI who come back with persistent signs and symptoms of STI after completion of first line treatment is (1.2%), and frequencies of incidence of new STI 19 (3.8%). There was significant association (p<0.05) between young age and married with Gonorrhea, , young age with hepatitis B and Chancroids with married by laboratory diagnosis, in syndromic diagnosis only scrotal swelling with address maintain statistically significant.