A New Model of How Risk Factors Affects Sexually Transmitted Disease Incidences among MSM Population in Surakarta, Indonesia using Structural Equation Modelling

Ancella Soenardi, Reti Anggraeni, Ari Natalia Probandari, Endra Yustin, Prasetyadi Mawardi, Harijono Kariosentono

2018

Abstract

Risk factors affecting Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) are complex, covering from sociodemographic factor, sexual risk behaviour factor and risky health behaviour factor to name a few. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with path analysis can be used to illustrate the complex and correlated roles of each factors. This cross sectional study was done in Surakarta. Population in this study was MSM population who visited monthly mobile clinic for Voluntary Consultation Testing (VCT) testing and MSM patients who visited VCT clinic of Dr Moewardi General Hospital between March 2017 to August 2017. A total 190 subjects were asked to answer questionnaires about the risk factors and to provide biological samples (blood, urethral and anal swab) to detect STD including syphilis, urethral and rectal gonorrhoea, and non specific utethral and rectal infection. Physical examination was used to diagnose genital warts. There were 67 (35,3 %) STD cases, comprising of syphilis 39 subjects (58.2%), genital warts 25 subjects (37.3%), non specific proctitis 14 subjects (20.9%) and gonorrhea 1 subject (1.5%). The SEM model indicated that sociodemographic factor has a direct effect to sexual behavior strongly by 0.86 point, and sexual behaviour itself has a direct effect to STD prevalence by 0.28 point. Sociodemographic factor however has a negative direct effect to STD prevalence by -0.54 point. The model shows that by controlling sociodemographic factors especially single and low educated indivuduals may enable us to reduce STD prevalence through control of sexual behavior.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Soenardi A., Anggraeni R., Probandari A., Yustin E., Mawardi P. and Kariosentono H. (2018). A New Model of How Risk Factors Affects Sexually Transmitted Disease Incidences among MSM Population in Surakarta, Indonesia using Structural Equation Modelling.In Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD, ISBN 978-989-758-494-7, pages 35-39. DOI: 10.5220/0008150200350039

in Bibtex Style

@conference{rcd18,
author={Ancella Soenardi and Reti Anggraeni and Ari Natalia Probandari and Endra Yustin and Prasetyadi Mawardi and Harijono Kariosentono},
title={A New Model of How Risk Factors Affects Sexually Transmitted Disease Incidences among MSM Population in Surakarta, Indonesia using Structural Equation Modelling},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,},
year={2018},
pages={35-39},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008150200350039},
isbn={978-989-758-494-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,
TI - A New Model of How Risk Factors Affects Sexually Transmitted Disease Incidences among MSM Population in Surakarta, Indonesia using Structural Equation Modelling
SN - 978-989-758-494-7
AU - Soenardi A.
AU - Anggraeni R.
AU - Probandari A.
AU - Yustin E.
AU - Mawardi P.
AU - Kariosentono H.
PY - 2018
SP - 35
EP - 39
DO - 10.5220/0008150200350039