Decreased condom breakage and slippage rates after counseling men at a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Jamaica
| Autor: | J. Peter Figueroa, Markus J. Steiner, Marcia M. Hobbs, Frieda Behets, Deborah Bourne, Tina Hylton-Kong, Neha Mehta, Doug Taylor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Male Sexually transmitted disease Jamaica medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Population Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sex Education law.invention Condoms Patient Education as Topic Condom law Condom breakage Humans Medicine Urethral discharge education Gynecology education.field_of_study business.industry Obstetrics virus diseases Obstetrics and Gynecology Confidence interval Equipment failure Reproductive Medicine Family planning Equipment Failure business |
| Zdroj: | Contraception. 75:289-293 |
| ISSN: | 0010-7824 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.12.014 |
| Popis: | Our objective was to evaluate condom failure (breakage and slippage) rates before and those during a trial that provided instructions on correct condom use.Our analysis was based on 314 men who presented with urethral discharge at Jamaica's largest sexually transmitted infection clinic and were enrolled into our 6-month trial.Participants reported breaking 18.5% (95% confidence interval=12.8-24.1%) of their condoms during the 7 days prior to the screening visit and having 3.5% (95% confidence interval=1.2-5.7%) of their condoms slip off completely. After the condom counseling provided during the screening visit, breakage rates decreased (p.05) and remained below 10% throughout the trial. During in-depth interviews, the men who reported frequent condom failures cited (1) improper storage/exposure to heat, (2) improper handling while putting on condoms and (3) use of lubricants/improper lubricants as the possible reasons for their high failure rates.Although the rates of reported condom breakage and slippage decreased significantly after counseling, we need to improve the quality of condom counseling to further reduce failure rates. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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