Sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics of male gonorrhoea cases in “A Sygros” Hospital, Athens, Greece, by sexual orientation and nationality (1999–2001, three years)
| Heterosexuals | Homo/bisexuals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | HS-GR† (n=169) | HS-IM‡ (n=43) | MSM-GR (n=58) | MSM-IM (n=10) |
| †Heterosexual-Greek; ‡Heterosexual-Immigrants. Socioeconomic class: class 1, scientists, artists, intellectuals, college or university students; class 2, public servants; class 3, self employed individuals; class 4, office clerks, salesmen, manual workers, and seamen; class 5, unemployed people. Source of infection: SP, steady partner; CP, casual partner; SN, same nationality; ON, other nationality; HRP, high risk partnership(s), eg, sex-worker. STD history: NGU non-gonococcal urethitis; In MSM disease/STD repeaters* there were cases with multiple STD diagnoses in the past. | ||||
| (1) Age (years) | ||||
| Mean (SD) (range) | 33.3 (11.1) (18–77) | 28.0 (7.3) (17–54) | 29.6 (7.3) (19–55) | 26.0 (5.4) (19–35) |
| (2) Married, No (%) | 43 (25.4) | 10 (23.3) | 3 (5.2) | 0 |
| (3) Socioeconomic class, No (%) | ||||
| 1 | 22 (13.0) | 2 (4.6) | 20 (34.5) | 0 |
| 2 | 16 (9.5) | 0 | 4 (6.9) | 0 |
| 3 | 31 (18.3) | 3 (7.0) | 9 (15.5) | 1 (10.0) |
| 4 | 93 (55.0) | 30 (69.8) | 20 (34.5) | 6 (60.0) |
| 5 | 7 (4.2) | 8 (18.6) | 5 (8.6) | 3 (30.0) |
| (4) Number of partners, No (%) | ||||
| 1 | 34 (20.9) | 12 (27.9) | 15 (25.9) | 3 (30.0) |
| 2–4 | 79 (46.7) | 17 (39.6) | 19 (32.8) | 2 (20.0) |
| 5–9 | 21 (12.4) | 9 (20.9) | 10 (17.2) | 1 (10.0) |
| ≥10 | 35 (20.7) | 5 (11.6) | 14 (24.1) | 4 (40.0) |
| Mean (SD) (range) | 5.13 (7.63) (1–60) | 6.52 (15.8) (1–100) | 6.9 (10.5) (1–50) | 12.4 (18.3) (1–60) |
| (5) Health seeking behaviour (days) | ||||
| Mean (SD) (range) | 8.8 (16.6) (1–180) | 9.1 (8.0) (1–30) | 6.3 (4.2) (1–25) | 5.2 (4.2) (2–15) |
| <8 days, No (%) | 123 (72.8) | 26 (60.5) | 43 (74.1) | 8 (80.0) |
| ≥8 days, No (%) | 46 (27.2) | 17 (39.5) | 15 (25.9) | 2 (20) |
| (6) Source of infection, No (%) | ||||
| SP-SN | 30 (17.8) | 3 (7.0) | 19 (32.8) | 1 (10.0) |
| SP-ON | 6 (3.5) | 1 (2.3) | 1 (1.7) | 0 |
| CP-SN | 60 (35.5) | 4 (9.3) | 22 (37.9) | 0 |
| CP-ON | 25 (14.8) | 10 (23.3) | 3 (5.2) | 4 (40.0) |
| HRP | 48 (28.4) | 25 (58.1) | 13 (22.4) | 5 (50.0) |
| (7) Infectious contact(s), No (%) | 40 (23.7) | 6 (14.0) | 14 (24.1) | 0 |
| (8) STD history: | ||||
| Gonorrhoea | 37 (21.9) | 6 (14.0) | 15 (25.9) | – |
| Syphilis | 4 (2.4) | – | 1 (1.7) | – |
| AIDS | – | – | 8 (13.8) | – |
| Genital warts | 4 (2.4) | – | 4 (6.9) | – |
| NGU | 1 (0.6) | – | – | |
| Disease/STD repeaters, No (%) | 46 (27.2) | 6 (14.0) | 23 (39.7)* | 0 |