Epidemiology, Costs and Psychosocial Consequences of Genital Warts in Valparaiso, Chile

Universidad de Valparaiso

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Condylomata Acuminata

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01483794

CondValpo2011

1501

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an observational study looking at the characteristics of patients consulting for genital warts in the first semester 2010 at the public sexual health clinic of Valparaiso, Chile. The objectives are: to have an epidemiological profile, estimating cost of the disease for the health system and the patient and analyzing possible psychosocial consequences of the condition for the patients.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men and women 18 years of age or older
• Having being diagnosed with genital warts
• Consulting the sexual health clinic only for genital warts
• Patients accepting to be included in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Immunodeficiency
• HIV positive
• Having being diagnosed with cancer or pre-cancerous lesions
• Pregnancy
• Presenting a sexual transmissible infection other than genital warts.

Trial design

60 participants in 2 patient groups

Genital warts treated

Description:

Patients that have had treatment on their genital warts

Genital warts on treatment

Description:

Patients currently being treated for genital warts