Global Advanced Research Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences (GARJMMS) ISSN: 2315-5159
August 2015 Vol. 4(8), pp. 362-365
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Full Length Research Paper

Marital Factors and Husbands' Demographic Feature Associated with Human Papillomavirus Infection in the Iranian Women

Jahdi Freshteh¹, Khademi Khadijeh²*, Merghati Khoei Effat³, Haghani Hamid⁴ and Yazdanpanahi Zahra⁵

¹Instructor of midwifery, Msc, Faculty member and head of Midwifery department of Nurssing and Midwifery School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
²Msc of midwifery, Nurssing and Midwifery School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
³Assistant Professor of Sexual health promotion, PhD, Drug treatment and prevention Fellow Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina. Faculty member of Public Health School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁴Instructor of statistics, Msc, Faculty member of Medical Management and Information School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁵Instructor of midwifery, Msc, Faculty member of Nurssing and Midwifery School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

*Corresponding Author E-mail: yaldamohammad4@yahoo.com; Tel: + 989339278547

Accepted 19 August, 2015

Abstract

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) has been known as one of the sexually transmitted infections. HPV infection can cause serious health complications. The aim of this study was to determine the marital factors and husbands' demographic features associated with HPV infection among Iranian women. In this case-control study, 210 women were divided into two groups with and without the diagnosis of HPV infection. A standard questionnaire was used to obtain the marital and husbands' demographic history of each patient. Our findings showed that increasing marriage age (p=0.00) and having a self-employed husband (p=0.00) as two risk factors of HPV infection. Recognition of the marital factors and husbands' demographic features associated with genital HPV can help the health providers to find the high- risk women and developed the effective strategies for prevention.

Keywords: Human Papillomavirus, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Genital wart