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Document 2092
DOCN M94A2092
TI Changes in sexual practices in a cohort of HIV-infected women.
DT 9412
AU Cohn J; Gagnon S; Spence M; Harrison D; Brinson C; Stein A; Hellinger J;
University of Maryland at Baltimore.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):383 (abstract no. PD0138). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370483
AB OBJECTIVE: To describe patient characteristics and changes in sexual
practices in a broad cross-section of immunosuppressed HIV-infected
women. METHODS: HIV-infected women in 6 U.S. cities with a CD4 count <
or = 500 were enrolled by their primary care physicians and questioned
on their past and current sexual practices including number of sexual
partners and risk behaviors. RESULTS: Preliminary data are available on
86 of 126 women enrolled. Forty-seven % were white, 37% were
African-American and 7% were Latina. Seventy-three % reported
heterosexual sex with a high risk partner as a possible mode of
acquisition; 17% reported heterosexual sex without a known high risk
partner as their only possible means of acquisition. Median age of the
population was 33 years (R, 20-52); median age at first intercourse was
16 years (R, 3-26). Median number of lifetime sexual partners was 10 (R,
1-1000), but only 1 (R, 0-4) during the 6 months prior to entry.
Eighty-nine % of patients practiced abstinence or used condoms at the
time of study entry, compared to 66% previously. Six % continued to have
unprotected sex at the time of study entry. CONCLUSION: This group of
women reported decreases in the number of sexual partners and increased
safe sex behavior over time, but some continue to have unprotected
intercourse despite HIV infection.
DE Adult Cohort Studies Condoms Female Human HIV
Infections/IMMUNOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*TRANSMISSION Knowledge,
Attitudes, Practice Leukocyte Count Middle Age Risk Factors *Sex
Behavior Sexual Abstinence Sexual Partners T4 Lymphocytes/IMMUNOLOGY
United States MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).