Teaching condom use skills: practice is superior to observation
Calsyn, D.A.; Hatch-Maillette, M.A.; Doyle, S.R.; Cousins, S.; Chen, T.; Godinez, M.
Substance Abuse 31(4): 231-239
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0889-7077 PMID: 21038177 DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2010.514241Document Number: 213327
Men exposed to a condom skills practice exercise were hypothesized to perform better on condom skills measures than those exposed only to a demonstration or to no intervention. As part of a larger National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Clinical Trials Network HIV Prevention protocol, men in substance abuse treatment were administered male and female condom use skills measures (MCUS, FCUS) at preintervention, 2 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months postintervention. The MCUS and FCUS scores were compared for 3 intervention exposure groups (demonstration only [DO, n = 149], demonstration plus practice [D+P; n = 112], attended no sessions [NS, n = 139]) across the 4 assessment time points using a mixed effects linear regression model. There is a statistically significant intervention group-by-time effect (P < .0001) for both the MCUS and FCUS. Post hoc, pairwise linear trends across time indicated that for both the MCUS and the FCUS, the D+P group is significantly superior to the DO group and the NS group.