TY - JOUR
T1 - Reduction of condom use errors from a brief, clinic-based intervention
T2 - A secondary analysis of data from a randomised, controlled trial of young black males
AU - Crosby, Richard
AU - Salazar, Laura F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - Objective: To test the hypothesis that a brief, clinicbased, single-session programme will reduce the rate of 10 selected condom use errors in a clinical sample of young black men (YBM) ages 15 through 23 years. Methods: Data were collected in clinics treating patients with sexually transmitted infections (STI) in three southern US cities. Males 15 -23 years of age who identi fied as black/African-American, and reported recent (past 2 months) condom use were eligible. Only those also reporting condom use in the 2 months prior to a 6-month follow-up assessment (n=311) were included in this secondary analysis of data from a randomised, controlled trial. Difference scores were used to capture a GroupxTime effect. Results: YBM reported 2232 condom use events in the 2 months preceding study enrolment and 2042 in the 2 months preceding the follow-up assessment. Mean baseline error rates were 1.32 and 1.13 for young men randomised to the intervention and control conditions, respectively. Follow-up rates were 1.11 and 3.59 for young men randomised to the intervention and control conditions, respectively. Controlled findings yielded a significant effect for the in fluence of group assignment on the difference score (baseline to follow-up) in the condom use error rate (β=0.13; p=0.02). Conclusions: A brief, clinic-based counselling programme produced modest reductions in condom use errors among YBM attending STI clinics in the southern USA Intensified clinic-based intervention that helps YBM improve the quality of their condom use behaviours is warranted. Trial registration number: NCT00849823.
AB - Objective: To test the hypothesis that a brief, clinicbased, single-session programme will reduce the rate of 10 selected condom use errors in a clinical sample of young black men (YBM) ages 15 through 23 years. Methods: Data were collected in clinics treating patients with sexually transmitted infections (STI) in three southern US cities. Males 15 -23 years of age who identi fied as black/African-American, and reported recent (past 2 months) condom use were eligible. Only those also reporting condom use in the 2 months prior to a 6-month follow-up assessment (n=311) were included in this secondary analysis of data from a randomised, controlled trial. Difference scores were used to capture a GroupxTime effect. Results: YBM reported 2232 condom use events in the 2 months preceding study enrolment and 2042 in the 2 months preceding the follow-up assessment. Mean baseline error rates were 1.32 and 1.13 for young men randomised to the intervention and control conditions, respectively. Follow-up rates were 1.11 and 3.59 for young men randomised to the intervention and control conditions, respectively. Controlled findings yielded a significant effect for the in fluence of group assignment on the difference score (baseline to follow-up) in the condom use error rate (β=0.13; p=0.02). Conclusions: A brief, clinic-based counselling programme produced modest reductions in condom use errors among YBM attending STI clinics in the southern USA Intensified clinic-based intervention that helps YBM improve the quality of their condom use behaviours is warranted. Trial registration number: NCT00849823.
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U2 - 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051492
DO - 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051492
M3 - Article
C2 - 24898858
AN - SCOPUS:84923961151
SN - 1368-4973
VL - 91
SP - 111
EP - 115
JO - Sexually Transmitted Infections
JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections
IS - 2
ER -