Abstract

TORRES, Zoila Katherine Salazar; CORTEZ, Joselyn Madelaine Heredia; SUAREZ, Alicia Esperanza Zhingre  and  HEREDIA, Freddy Rosendo Cárdenas. High-risk human papillomavirus and associated factors in women in Ecuador. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2022, vol.5, n.15, pp.671-678.  Epub Oct 19, 2022. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v5i15.178.

Cervical cancer in 99% of cases is caused by high-risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV), its prevalence is high in low-income countries due to the scarcity of resources for widespread early detection programs, immunization and adequate treatment. The objective of the research was to identify the frequency and risk factors of high-risk HPV infections in women aged 21 to 65 years in three cantons of zone 6 of Ecuador, period 2019. This was an analytical, cross-sectional study; with a sample of clinical records of 109 patients surveyed from the epidemiology project in the province of El Oro who met the inclusion criteria. Data were collected in a form validated by Delphi method. SPSS v 24 software was used for the association of variables: 95% confidence interval, Chi-square (with p value < 0.05), Odds Ratio. The results observed were 31 (28.4%) cases of patients with AR HPV, of which AR HPV 39 (11.01%) was identified as the most common genotype in the study participants, followed by AR HPV 31 (8.26%). Factors considered to be associated with AR HPV infection without statistical significance were sexual debut before the age of 20 years (OR = 1.2); and the number of sexual partners equal to or greater than 2 (OR = 1.7). It was concluded that early sexual debut and the number of sexual partners were associated factors, but without statistical significance.

Keywords : Alphapapillomavirus; Papillomavirus Infections; Risk Factors; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; Uterine Cervical Diseases.

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