SUMMARY :
The outpatient clinic for Adolescent Gynaecology of Fatebenefratelli
Hospital in Rome carries out periodical surveys using questionnaires about sexual
attitudes among a group of girls attending a school near the hospital.
The
purpose of the study is to comparesexual attitudes between girls coming to the
gynaecological clinic and those without specific medical needs.
There are 54
questions in the questionnaire, one half of which focus on the evaluation of medical
problems while the other on sexual attitudes.
In February 2000, 253 girls aged
between 14 and 21 were interviewed in the same school where the same questionnaire
had been used in 1987.
The authors evaluated differences and similarities about
sexuality over the years, also taking into consideration other recent Italian
analyses.
Today, adolescents seem to be better informed about sexual issues
than before, even though friends are still the main source of information about
sex rather than parents.
One third had their first sexual intercourse at an
average age of 16, while in the previous survey one fourth had experienced it
at an average age of 15. Only half declare to have received sex education, and
all the sexually active girls say they use a contraceptive (60 % of them use a
condom, with respect to 50 % in the previous survey).
The adolescent girls
seem to be insufficiently informed about sex. She thinks she has the right information
but she does not know the real function of the reproductive apparatus and consequently
is at risk regarding unwanted pregnancy, abortion, sexually transmitted diseases,
but all this to a much lesser degree than in other countries.
Most of them
would like to have sex education in the school, while one half would prefer specific
adolescent out-patient clinics.
Key words :
o Erectile dysfunction
o
Cardiologic customers
o Cardiovascular drugs
o Exertion assessment
o
Algorythm for the management