       Document 0284
 DOCN  M9630284
 TI    Condom use among patients attending six sexually transmitted disease
       clinics in Switzerland.
 DT    9603
 AU    Paget WJ; Zwahlen M; Eichmann AR; Marti B; Division of Epidemiology and
       Infectious Diseases, Swiss Federal; Office of Public Health, Bern,
       Switzerland.
 SO    Sex Transm Dis. 1995 Sep-Oct;22(5):303-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96100868
 AB    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Persons treated for a sexually transmitted
       disease have been shown to be at increased risk for human
       immunodeficiency virus infection. Levels of condom use among these
       patients are presented, and sociodemographic and behavioral factors
       associated with self-reported never use of condoms are analyzed. STUDY
       DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study of 2,257 patients treated at
       six sexually transmitted disease clinics in Switzerland between July
       1990 and December 1992. RESULTS: Overall, 46.3% of the patients reported
       that they had never used condoms. Among heterosexual men, this level was
       48.3% (n = 1,751), among homosexual and bisexual men it was 21.6% (n =
       268), and among heterosexual women it was 60.1% (n = 238). In a logistic
       multivariate regression analysis, factors significantly associated with
       never use of condoms among heterosexual men included age over 29 years,
       not of Swiss origin, low level of education, few partners in the
       previous 6 months, contraction of the sexually transmitted disease from
       a stable partner, and not being an injecting drug user. CONCLUSION:
       These results document the high levels of condoms never being used in
       this population and highlight the importance of condom promotion
       activities provided by sexually transmitted disease clinics.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Age Factors  *Ambulatory Care Facilities
       Condoms/*UTILIZATION  Cross-Sectional Studies  Educational Status
       Female  Homosexuality, Female  Homosexuality, Male  Human  Male  Middle
       Age  Sex Behavior  Sexually Transmitted Diseases/*PREVENTION & CONTROL
       Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Switzerland  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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