Condom Use as a Function of Time in New and Established Adolescent Sexual Relationships

Bibliographic Data

ID11022306
AuthorsJ Dennis Fortenberry (0000-0001-6612-176X, The authors are with the Section of Adolescent Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, and the Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.), Wanzhu Tu (0000-0002-4236-9135, The authors are with the Section of Adolescent Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, and the Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.), Jaroslaw Harezlak (0000-0002-3070-7686, The authors are with the Section of Adolescent Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, and the Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.), Barry P Katz (The authors are with the Section of Adolescent Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, and the Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.), Donald P Orr (0000-0002-1935-1412, The authors are with the Section of Adolescent Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, and the Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.)
Year2002
Volume92
Issue2
Pages211-213
Publication date2002-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.92.2.211
PMID11818293
OpenAlexW2084259206
LanguageEN
Citations received65
References cited19

Objectives. This study sought to describe condom use over time in new and established adolescent relationships. Methods. The outcome variable was time (in days) until first unprotected coital event. Analyses involved comparisons of Kaplan–Meier survival curves and Cox proportional hazards models. Results. Survival functions for the 2 relationship groups were significantly different. However, by 21 days the curves had converged: 43% of new and 41% of established relationships involved no unprotected coital events. Time to first unprotected coital event was significantly longer in new than in established relationships. Conclusions. Prolongation of condom use in ongoing relationships may be a useful intervention to prevent sexually transmitted diseases

Condom · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Intervention (counseling) · Proportional hazards model · Psychiatry · Survival analysis · Survival function · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Internal Medicine · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive tract infections research

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