Association of Timing of Sexual Partnerships and Perceptions of Partners' Concurrency With Reporting of Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The timing of sexual partnerships is important for sexually transmitted infection (STI) transmission potential. Studies often measure timing as whether partnerships overlap in time (concurrency), but this measure does not account for how STI risk from previous partners can be carried forward into future partnerships even when there is a time gap between them (serial monogamy) if the infectious period is greater than this time gap.

Objective

To examine the association of the timing of partnerships, measured as the time gap or time overlap between partners, and perceptions of partners' concurrency with STI transmission.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study that was conducted in 2017 included 8867 participants in Britain aged 16 to 44 years who

SUBMITTER: Mercer CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324336 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature