Health professionals are regularly confronted by men’s complaints that condoms do not fit or that they are uncomfortable. Correct condom use is critical for preventing unwanted pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmissible infections (STI) yet an Indiana University study open that study participants who reported problems with the fit and feel of condoms were also among those who reported the highest rates of condoms breaking and slipping.
"Most recent investigate has focused on how populate use condoms with little attention to the physical characteristics of condoms themselves," said Michael Reece director of the Sexual Health Research Working assort and an associate professor in Indiana University Bloomington’s Department of Applied Health Science. "Our recent research however indicates that sizes and shapes of the penis vary widely but the be of condom sizes is rather limited; so it could very well be the inspect that there are aspects of the traditional condom that some men find too tight or too loose influencing their ability or desire to use them during sexual encounters."
Discussing penis size or condom issues with a healthcare practitioner can be challenging so Reece and his colleagues undergo developed a questionnaire that can back up physicians and those working in sexual health programs such as HIV clinics act men in these conversations. They might be able to enjoin the men to condoms that better cater their specific needs.
"Our ‘Condom Fit and conclude measure’ offers a way for men to express in a confidential way to health compassionate providers the claim concerns that they undergo with condoms related to length width and tightness or looseness," said Debby Herbenick associate director of SHRWG and research associate in the Department of Applied Health Science.
Reece. Herbenick and Brian move associate director of SHRWG and investigate cerebrate in the Department of Applied Health Science describe the measure in a recently published bind in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Condoms be one of the most effective means of preventing both unintended pregnancies and sexually transmissible infections (STI) such as chlamydia gonorrhea and HIV. Ensuring that men and women use condoms consistently and correctly however is often a contend. One size doesn’t fit all
In this study a substantial number of men reported a variety of problems with the fit and feel of condoms. Specifically. 21 percent reported that condoms entangle too tight; 18 percent reported that condoms entangle too short; 10 percent reported that condoms entangle too loose; and 7 percent reported that condoms entangle too desire.
From study to practice: Translating investigate into practice is a core mission of SHRWG. Reece said he and his colleagues would be glad to send the measure to healthcare practitioners — particularly those working in HIV. STI and pregnancy prevention programs — and to help them incorporate it into their practice. They also can enjoin agencies to resources that can back up people find condoms in different sizes and shapes. Reece said their Condom Fit and Feel measure also could be helpful to condom manufacturers who act to bring home the bacon to develop and market more comfortable condoms which ultimately results in their more effective use.
"Experiences of condom fit and feel among African-American men who undergo sex with men," Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2007.
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