Abstract
BACKGROUND
Cervical lesions are abnormalities seen in tissues and cells examined from
the uterine cervix. These abnormalities are on the increase and are ignored;
thereby constituting major health problems in resident commercial sex
workers (CSWs) who temporarily reside in brothels for sex business. Hence,
we investigated the associations between behavioural risk factors and
cervical lesions in resident commercial sex workers.
METHODS
We conducted a cross-sectional study among 119 resident commercial sex
workers using questionnaires as the data gathering tool, liquid-based
cytology for cervical lesions screening, and microscopy for examination of
slides. Statistical analyses were conducted using Epi- Info™ version 6.4
and STATISTICA (StatSoft, version 5, 2009 Edition, Atlanta, GA 30329-
4027 USA). Data were analysed using multivariate and simple logistic
regression analyses, while the level of significance was set at p ?0.05.
RESULTS
The behavioural risk factors, like smoking and hard drugs, alcohol intake,
commercial sex duration, client’s daily patronage and sex frequency were
not significant apart, but regular condom use tends to decrease the cervical
lesions in CSWs (OR=0.91;95% CI 0.92-1.06), including anal and oral sex
(OR=0.99 (95% CI 0.29-3.60). The patterns of cervical lesions further showed
acute and chronic cervicitis with a prevalence of 10.1%, including lowgrade
squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) and atypical squamous cells
of undetermined significance (ASCUS). We recorded 8/12 (66.7%) for acute
cervicitis, 4/12 (33.3%) chronic, and 82.4% negative.
CONCLUSION
We suggest that behavioural risk factors are associated with cervical lesions
and that regular condom use tends to decrease cervical lesions among
resident CSWs.
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Author Name: Efosa Bolaji Odigie and Peter Uwadiegwu Achukwu
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Keywords: Keywords: Cervical lesions, behavioural risk factors, resident commercial sex workers, sub-Saharan Africa
ISSN: 1907-3062
EISSN: 2407-2230
EOI/DOI: doi: 10.18051/UnivMed.2018.v3
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