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- Title
Female Condom Use Among Women at High Risk Of Sexually Transmitted Disease.
- Authors
Macaluso, Maurizio; Demand, Michael; Artz, Lynn; Fleenor, Michael; Robey, Lawrence; Kelaghan, Joseph; Cabral, Rebecca; Hook III, Edward W.
- Abstract
Context: Whereas the female condom has been evaluated in many hypothetical acceptability or short-term use studies, there is little information about its suitability for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or HIV over extended periods of time. Methodology: As part of a six-month prospective follow-up study of 1,159 STD clinic patients, clients were interviewed during their initial visit, exposed to a behavioral intervention promoting condoms, given a physical examination and provided with instructions on completing a sexual diary. Potential predictors of trying the female condom were evaluated using logistic regression, and three condom-use groups (exclusive users of female condoms, exclusive users of male condoms and users of both types of condoms) were compared using multinomial regression. Results: Among 895 women who reported having engaged in vaginal intercourse during the study period, one-half had sex with only one partner, while one-quarter each had two partners or three or more partners. A total of 731 women reported using the female condom at least once during the follow-up period--85% during the first month of follow-up. Multiple logistic regression analyses indicated that employed women and those with a regular sexual partner at baseline were significantly more likely to try the female condom. By the end of the follow-up period, 8% of participants had used the female condom exclusively, 15% had used the male condom exclusively, 73% had used both types of condom and 3% had used no condoms. Twenty percent of women who tried the female condom used it only once and 13% used it twice, while 20% used 5-9 female condoms and 32% used 10 or more. Consistent condom users (N=309) were predominantly users of both types of condom (75%), and were less often exclusive users of the male condom (18%) or the female condom (7%). According to a multivariate analysis, women who used the female condom exclusively or who mixed condom types were more like...
- Subjects
FEMALE condoms; PREVENTION of sexually transmitted diseases; HIV; PERIODIC health examinations; LOGISTIC regression analysis; ORGASM
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 2000, Vol 32, Issue 3, p138
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2648163