Total | 248 | 250 | 498 |
Previous medication | 132 (53) | 130 (52) | 262 (53) |
Modern (ampicillin, cotrimoxazole, etc) | 50 (38) | 43 (33) | 93 (35) |
Traditional (herbs, roots, etc) | 48 (36) | 49 (38) | 97 (37) |
Both | 34 (26) | 38 (29) | 72 (28) |
Source of previous medication (n=262) |
Private health facilities | 26 (20) | 29 (22) | 55 (21) |
Drug vendors/pharmacy | 24 (18) | 38 (11) | 62 (24) |
Traditional healers | 48 (36) | 49 (38) | 97 (37) |
Several of the above | 34 (26) | 14 (11) | 48 (18) |
Median duration of STI symptoms (days) | 14 | 11 | 14 |
Sex during symptomatic period = yes | 97 (42) | 134 (58) | 231 (46) |
With same partner | 67 (69) | 124 (93) | 191 (83) |
With different partners | 30 (31) | 10 (7) | 40 (17) |
Condom use during sex in symptomatic period (n=231) |
Always | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | 5 (2) |
Intermittent/sometimes | 34 (35) | 22 (16) | 56 (24) |
No condom use | 60 (62) | 110 (82) | 170 (74) |
Reasons for “no condom use” (n=170) |
Sex with steady partner or spouse | 32 (53) | 84 (76) | 116 (68) |
Refusal by partner | 2 (3) | 11 (10) | 13 (8) |
Condom not available | 15 (25) | 8 (7) | 23 (14) |
Reduces pleasure | 4 (7) | 3 (3) | 7 (4) |
Religious reasons/did not know | 7 (12) | 4 (4) | 11 (6) |