Use-Effectiveness of the Female Versus Male Condom in Preventing Sexually Transmitted Disease in Women
| Autor: | Zena Stein, Mary H. Latka, Erica L. Gollub, Hoover Dr, Pamela French, Carol Rogers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Adult
Microbiology (medical) Sexually transmitted disease Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Gonorrhea Population Sexually Transmitted Diseases Dermatology urologic and male genital diseases Rate ratio law.invention Condoms Female condom Condom law Odds Ratio medicine Humans Prospective Studies Syphilis Condoms Female education Aged Aged 80 and over Philadelphia Gynecology education.field_of_study Chlamydia business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases Chlamydia Infections Middle Aged medicine.disease female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Infectious Diseases Family planning Female Trichomonas Vaginitis business Follow-Up Studies Demography |
| Zdroj: | Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 30:433-439 |
| ISSN: | 0148-5717 |
| Popis: | Background: Data are limited on the female condom’s effectiveness against STDs. Goal: The goal was to compare STD rates between women given small-group education on and free supplies of either female or male condoms. Study Design: Female patients at an STD clinic (n = 1442) were randomly assigned to condom type and followed via medical records for STDs (gonorrhea chlamydia early syphilis or trichomoniasis). Results: In an intention-to-treat analysis the odds ratio for a comparison of STD occurrence between the female and male condom groups was 0.75 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.56–1.01) and it did not change with adjustment. In a second analysis among women returning for subsequent screening incidence rates for the first new postintervention STD per 100 woman-months of observation were 6.8 in the female condom group and 8.5 in the male condom group (rate ratio = 0.79 [CI 0.59–1.06]). Conclusion: Compared with those provided with male condoms alone women counseled on and provided with female condoms fared no worse and experienced a nonsignificant reduction in STDs. (authors) |
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