Factors Associated with the Use of Industrial Liquid Silicone among Travesti and Transgender Women in Salvador, Northeast Brazil
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Seed Sampling and Recruitment
2.2. Study Variables
2.3. Data Analysis
2.4. Ethical Aspects
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
5.1. Public Health in Brazil for Trans People
5.2. Study Limitations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | N | % | % * |
---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic and cultural | |||
Age | |||
≥25 years | 60 | 47.2 | 42.8 |
<25 years | 67 | 52.8 | 57.2 |
Schooling years | |||
>8 years | 79 | 61.4 | 73.2 |
Up to 8 years | 48 | 31.6 | 23.8 |
Ethnicity/skin color | |||
White | 63 | 49.6 | 48.4 |
Black/brown | 64 | 50.4 | 51.6 |
Occupation | |||
Formal work/informal work/businessperson | 39 | 30.7 | 28.7 |
Unemployed | 88 | 69.3 | 71.3 |
Income | |||
≥1000 R$ | 71 | 55.9 | 51 |
<1000 R$ | 56 | 44.1 | 49 |
Marital status | |||
Living with companion | 35 | 27.6 | 36.5 |
Single | 92 | 72.4 | 63.5 |
Gender identity | |||
Travesti | 60 | 47.2 | 31.5 |
Transgender woman | 67 | 52.8 | 47.9 |
Social name on SUS card | |||
No | 103 | 81.1 | 80.9 |
Yes | 24 | 18.9 | 19.1 |
Body change and pleasure with penis | |||
Using hormones or former hormone user | |||
No | 9 | 7.1 | 5.2 |
Yes | 118 | 92.9 | 94.8 |
Feeling comfortable with body image | |||
No | 61 | 48.0 | 52.8 |
Yes | 66 | 51.9 | 47.2 |
Feeling comfortable with penis | |||
No | 34 | 26.8 | 24.8 |
Yes | 93 | 73.2 | 75.2 |
Feeling pleasure with penis | |||
No | 40 | 31.5 | 30.4 |
Yes | 87 | 68.5 | 69.6 |
Sex work/condom use | |||
Sex work history | |||
No | 37 | 29.1 | 22.4 |
Yes | 90 | 70.9 | 77.6 |
Condom use during insertive anal sex with clients | |||
Inconsistent | 36 | 32.4 | 35.3 |
Always | 75 | 67.6 | 64.7 |
Condom use during receptive anal sex with clients | |||
Inconsistent | 34 | 30.6 | 39.2 |
Always | 77 | 69.4 | 60.8 |
Discrimination and drug use history | |||
Discrimination history in health services | |||
No | 63 | 59.4 | 51.6 |
Yes | 43 | 40.6 | 48.4 |
Use of illicit drugs in a lifetime | |||
No | 62 | 48.8 | 35.6 |
Yes | 65 | 51.2 | 64.4 |
Sexually transmitted infections | |||
HIV testing before the study | |||
Yes | 90 | 70.8 | 78.9 |
No | 37 | 29.1 | 21.3 |
HIV test | |||
Negative | 112 | 88.2 | 91.0 |
Positive | 15 | 11.8 | 9.0 |
Syphilis test | |||
Negative | 79 | 62.2 | 68.4 |
Positive | 48 | 37.8 | 31.6 |
Variables | N | % | % * |
---|---|---|---|
Use of industrial liquid silicone | |||
No | 83 | 66.1 | 68.4 |
Yes | 44 | 33.9 | 31.6 |
Age at first industrial liquid silicone use | |||
<25 years | 32 | 72.7 | 70.6 |
≥25 years | 12 | 27.3 | 29.4 |
How many times have you used industrial liquid silicone in your life? | |||
Only once | 22 | 50.0 | 49.3 |
2–10 times | 22 | 50.0 | 50.7 |
With whom did you apply industrial liquid silicone? | |||
Pumped ladies | 41 | 93.2 | 83.7 |
Others | 3 | 6.8 | 16.3 |
How many industrial liquid silicone cups have you applied? | |||
<10 cups | 12 | 27.3 | 14.1 |
>10 cups | 32 | 72.7 | 85.9 |
From whom did you receive guidance on the use of industrial liquid silicone? | |||
Health professional | 4 | 13.8 | 20.3 |
Pumped ladies or other travesti | 25 | 86.2 | 79.7 |
Variables | Industrial Liquid Silicon Use | ||
---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic and Cultural | Yes (%) * | No (%) * | p-Value |
Age | |||
<25 years | 46.9 | 62.4 | |
≥25 years | 53.1 | 37.6 | 0.33 |
Schooling years | |||
>8 years | 81.5 | 68.9 | |
Up to 8 years | 18.5 | 31.0 | 0.23 |
Ethnicity/skin color | |||
White | 61.8 | 41.6 | |
Black/brown | 38.2 | 58.4 | 0.16 |
Occupation | |||
Formal work/informal work/businessperson | 16.7 | 34.8 | |
Unemployed | 83.2 | 65.2 | 0.13 |
Income | |||
≥1000 BRL | 67.1 | 42.7 | |
<1000 BRL | 32.9 | 57.3 | 0.14 |
Marital status | |||
Living with companion | 42.3 | 33.7 | |
Single | 57.7 | 66.3 | 0.58 |
Gender identity | |||
Transgender woman | 65.5 | 47.8 | |
Travesti | 34.4 | 52.2 | 0.24 |
Social name on SUS card | |||
No | 67.4 | 12.1 | |
Yes | 32.6 | 87.9 | 0.04 |
Body change | |||
Using hormones or former hormone user | |||
No | 4.2 | 5.8 | |
Yes | 95.8 | 94.2 | 0.72 |
Feeling comfortable with body image | |||
No | 25.5 | 66.9 | |
Yes | 74.5 | 33.1 | 0.05 |
Feeling comfortable with penis | |||
No | 24.2 | 25.1 | |
Yes | 75.8 | 74.9 | 0.94 |
Feeling pleasure with penis | |||
No | 31.8 | 29.7 | |
Yes | 68.2 | 70.3 | 0.88 |
Sex work/condom use | |||
Sex work history | |||
No | 7.7 | 30.0 | |
Yes | 92.3 | 70.0 | 0.05 |
Condom use during insertive anal sex with clients | |||
Inconsistent | 34.8 | 35.5 | |
Always | 65.2 | 64.5 | 0.96 |
Condom use during receptive anal sex with clients | |||
Inconsistent | 36.9 | 40.5 | |
Always | 63.1 | 59.5 | 0.83 |
Discrimination and drug use history | |||
Discrimination history in health services | |||
No | 68.3 | 70.1 | |
Yes | 31.7 | 29.9 | 0.91 |
Use of illicit drugs in a lifetime | |||
No | 16.7 | 45.3 | |
Yes | 83.3 | 54.7 | 0.01 |
Sexually transmitted infections | |||
Performed HIV testing before the study | |||
No | 4.9 | 29.3 | |
Yes | 95.1 | 70.7 | 0.003 |
HIV test | |||
Negative | 88.1 | 92.5 | |
Positive | 11.9 | 7.5 | 0.52 |
Syphilis test | |||
Negative | 60.4 | 72.6 | |
Positive | 39.6 | 27.4 | 0.38 |
Variables | Adjusted PR * | 95% CI |
---|---|---|
Schooling years | ||
Up to 8 years | 0.71 | 0.37–1.35 |
>8 years | 1 | |
Ethnicity/skin color | ||
Black/brown | 1.01 | 0.57–1.79 |
White | 1 | |
Occupation | ||
Unemployed | 0.98 | 0.44–2.16 |
Formal work/informal work/businessperson | 1 | |
Income | ||
<1000 BRL | 0.80 | 0.39–1.63 |
≥1000 BRL | 1 | |
Gender identity | ||
Travesti | 0.75 | 0.40–1.41 |
Transgender women | 1 | |
Social name on SUS card | ||
Yes | 1.08 | 0.66–1.76 |
No | 1 | |
Feeling comfortable with body image | ||
Yes | 3.01 | 1.31–6.93 |
No | 1 | |
Sex work history | ||
Yes | 1.81 | 0.58–5.58 |
No | 1 | |
Use illicit drugs in a lifetime | ||
Yes | 1.66 | 0.82–3.89 |
No | 1 | |
Performed HIV testing before the study | ||
Yes | 4.53 | 1.29–15.89 |
No | 1 |
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da Silva, R.A.; da Silva, L.A.V.; Soares, F.; Dourado, I. Factors Associated with the Use of Industrial Liquid Silicone among Travesti and Transgender Women in Salvador, Northeast Brazil. Venereology 2022, 1, 223-234. https://doi.org/10.3390/venereology1030016
da Silva RA, da Silva LAV, Soares F, Dourado I. Factors Associated with the Use of Industrial Liquid Silicone among Travesti and Transgender Women in Salvador, Northeast Brazil. Venereology. 2022; 1(3):223-234. https://doi.org/10.3390/venereology1030016
Chicago/Turabian Styleda Silva, Ricardo Araújo, Luís Augusto Vasconcelos da Silva, Fabiane Soares, and Inês Dourado. 2022. "Factors Associated with the Use of Industrial Liquid Silicone among Travesti and Transgender Women in Salvador, Northeast Brazil" Venereology 1, no. 3: 223-234. https://doi.org/10.3390/venereology1030016