Sexually transmissible infections and characteristics of men aged 60 years and over attending a public sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic in South Australia
Carole Khaw A B D , Bin Li A C and Russell Waddell AA Clinic 275, STD Services, Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, 275 North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
B Medicine Learning and Teaching Unit, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Frome Road, SA 5000, Australia.
C Discipline of Public Health, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, SA 5000, Australia.
D Corresponding author. Email: carole.khaw@adelaide.edu.au
Sexual Health 12(5) 460-462 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH15016
Submitted: 8 August 2014 Accepted: 29 May 2015 Published: 3 August 2015
Abstract
Background: With society ageing, sexually transmissible infections (STIs) in the older population are of interest from an economic, health-related and social burden perspective. Few studies on STIs in men older than 60 years of age exist. Methods: A retrospective study was performed looking at characteristics of, and STIs in, 29 106 men (of which 689 were older than 60 years of age), at first presentation, visiting the only South Australian public sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic over a 13-year period. Results: Older men [men who have sex with men (MSM) and men who have sex with women (MSW)] were less likely than younger men to have been tested for HIV. Conclusion: There is a need for increased HIV testing in older men.
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