Condom breakage and slippage during heterosexual intercourse

A French national survey. French National Survey on Sexual Behavior Group (ACSF)

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11019482
AutoresAntoine Messiah (0000-0003-4457-7381, Service de la Santé Publique), T Dart, Brenda Spencer (0000-0003-3835-4149), B E Spencer, Josiane Warszawski (0000-0001-8590-7952)
Año1997
Volumen87
Número3
Páginas421-424
Fecha de publicación1997-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.87.3.421
PMID9096545
OpenAlexW1964127981
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas27

OBJECTIVES: This study examined condom failure rates in a representative sample of French men and women. METHODS: Condom users who experienced breakage or slippage were compared with those who reported no difficulties. RESULTS: The rate of breakage at last heterosexual intercourse was 3.4%, and the slippage rate was 1.1%. Significantly associated with breakage and slippage were being age 25 through 34, being sexually active for more than 5 years, condom use for less than 5 years, condom not used for contraception, and sexual intercourse 12 or more times per month. CONCLUSIONS: People who became sexually active before the era of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, who began condom use in recent years, and who have frequent sex are at increased risk. The low risk observed among experienced condom users below age 25 supports condom promotion to youth

Condom · Environmental health · Family medicine · Heterosexuality · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Population · Sexual intercourse · Syphilis · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology