The role of sexual compulsivity in unprotected intercourse among STI patients in Shanghai, China

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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and relationships with sexual compulsivity among sexually active STI patients (N = 664)

Demographic characteristics	Number (n)	Percent (%)	Score(x ± SD)	p
Gender
Male	302	45.48	20.45 ± 5.83	< 0.001
Female	362	54.52	17.35 ± 5.00	< 0.001
Age
≤ 25	86	12.95	18.77 ± 4.81	0.951
26–40	390	58.73	18.87 ± 5.45
41–60	159	23.95	18.71 ± 6.21
≥ 61	29	4.37	17.55 ± 6.43
Sexual Orientation
Heterosexual	585	88.10	18.52 ± 5.63	< 0.001
Sexual Orientation Minority	79	11.90	20.57 ± 5.11	< 0.001
Education Level
Primary Degree and Below	378	56.93	18.46 ± 5.55	0.227
Middle School Degree	145	21.84	19.55 ± 5.50
High School Degree	118	17.77	19.93 ± 6.01
College Degree and above	23	3.46	17.35 ± 4.67
Marital Status
Single	200	30.12	18.81 ± 4.94	0.989
Married	421	63.40	18.77 ± 5.98
Divorced	31	4.67	18.55 ± 4.28
Widowed	12	1.81	18.08 ± 6.01
Monthly Income
≤ 3000 RMB	79	11.90	18.32 ± 6.09	0.376
3001–6000 RMB	218	32.83	19.00 ± 5.37
6001–12,000 RMB	200	30.12	18.78 ± 5.60
≥ 12,001 RMB	167	25.15	18.63 ± 5.71
HIV Status				0.702
Positive	65	9.79	18.98 ± 5.60
Negative	351	52.86	18.91 ± 5.65
Unknown	248	37.35	18.50 ± 5.56
Diagnosis				0.802
Genital warts	277	41.72	19.07 ± 5.61
Syphilis	239	35.99	18.80 ± 5.86
Gonorrhea	26	3.92	18.15 ± 5.37
Genital herpes	23	3.46	18.13 ± 4.18
Others	99	14.91	18.12 ± 5.33
Case
Outpatient	477	71.84	18.69 ± 5.52	0.541
Inpatient	187	28.16	18.95 ± 5.83	0.541
Had UI during the past 6 months
Yes	449	67.62	18.74 ± 5.55	0.782
No	215	32.38	18.82 ± 5.73	0.782
Sexual Partners during the past 6 months
Regular Sexual Partners	446	67.17	18.05 ± 5.34	< 0.001
Casual Sexual Partners	71	10.69	21.14 ± 5.90
Both Regular and Casual Sexual Partners	147	22.14	19.77 ± 5.81

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