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Women\’s reports of condom use in Thai couples under intensive and regular STI / HIV risk reduction counseling.

April 12, 2008 – 3:33 am

The objective of this study was to determine factors affecting condom use and condom use rates among Thai couples. A cohort of 1,391 reproductive aged women who attended seven family planning clinics in all regions of Thailand and met study eligibility were followed at 3-month intervals for 15-24 months. At each visit, the woman was interviewed about sexual risk behaviors and counseled for sexual risk reduction and condom use. Condoms were provided free of charge. The women were classified into 3 groups according to contraceptive use at baseline: single contraceptive method group, dual methods consisting of contraceptives with condoms, and condoms only. We found that condom use rates were generally low in all contraceptive groups. Significant factors affecting condom use in multivariate analyses included, contraceptive method at baseline, polygynous marriage, higher education, engaging in commercial sex work, multiple sex partners, sex during menses, more frequent sex, laboratory confirmed STIs, husbands spending nights away from home, husbands having sex with other women, and penile ulcers or sores. (author’s)

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