Condom use reported by STD clinic patients: 1971 & 1992.
Int Conf AIDS 1993 Jun 6-11; 9:132 (abstract no. WS-D29-5) Darrow W, Harris B, Schaffner A, Marx R, Pittman E, Jonah C; Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.
We assessed patterns of condom use reported by STD clinic patients 10 years before and 10 years after AIDS was recognized in 1981. Consecutively admitted patients at an STD clinic in Sacramento County (1970 pop. 631,498), California, were invited in 1971 to complete self-administered questionnaires (SAQs); that clinic closed in 1978. Patients at an STD clinic in Kern County (1990 pop. 543,477), California, were similarly recruited in 1992. SAQs included items on lifetime use of condoms and current method of contraception. The two samples were tested for differences by chi-square. Overall, 30.9% (505) of 1636 patients in 1971 and 77.6% (662) of 853 patients in 1992 (p < 0.001) said they had ever used condoms: 4.9% in 1971 and 18.1% in 1992 (p < 0.001) reported current condom use. Differences reported by men and women for ever using condoms: TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME. Reported condom use more than doubled among STD clinic patients in California. Increases were particularly dramatic among young women and patients diagnosed with gonorrhea.
Keywords: AEGIS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Condoms, Ambulatory Care Facilities, Contraception, Contraception Behavior, Questionnaires, Gonorrhea, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, California, Human, Female, Male, utilization, ICA9 930606
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