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

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