Condom use measurement in 56 studies of sexual risk behavior: Review and recommendations
Condom use measurement in 56 studies of sexual risk behavior: Review and recommendations
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DOI：
10.1007/s10508-006-9028-4
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发表时间：
2006-06-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Carlyle, Kellie
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作者：
Noar, Seth M.;Cole, Christi;Carlyle, Kellie
尽管有大量研究衡量自我报告的安全套使用情况，但目前在评估安全套使用的最佳方法方面还没有商定的“黄金标准”。本研究的目的是回顾性危险行为相关研究中自我报告的安全套使用措施，并根据方法学文献的建议评估这些措施。另一个目的是专门检查相关文献中发表的措施是否随着时间的推移而有所改善。对研究进行了系统审查，并使用具体审查标准来指导研究的纳入。最终的 56 项研究包含 72 项自我报告的安全套使用措施，均纳入该评价。这些测量在 12 个维度上进行编码和评估，包括测量类型、响应类别数量、回忆期、性伴侣特异性和性行为特异性。结果表明，文献中关于如何衡量安全套使用情况存在很大差异。尽管结果表明，与 1989 年至 1995 年相比，1996 年至 2003 年期间公布的衡量标准在许多方面都具有更高的质量，但其中许多成果甚微，而且在某些情况下衡量标准的质量有所下降。总体结论是，性危险行为文献应该更多地实施该领域方法论学者提出的建议。总结和提出的具体建议可能有助于指导未来自我报告安全套使用措施的制定。
Despite numerous studies that measure self-reported condom use, there is currently no agreed upon "gold standard" in terms of the best way to assess condom use. The purpose of the current study was to review measures of self-reported condom use within correlational studies of sexual risk behavior, and to evaluate such measures on the basis of suggestions from the methodological literature. An additional purpose was to examine specifically whether measures published in the correlational literature have improved over time. A systematic review of studies was undertaken and specific review criteria were used to guide the inclusion of studies. A final set of 56 studies that contained 72 measures of self-reported condom use were included in the review. These measures were coded and evaluated on 12 dimensions, including measure type, number of response categories, recall period, sex partner specificity, and sex act specificity. Results indicated a great amount of diversity in terms of how condom use has been measured in the literature. Although results indicated that measures published between 1996 and 2003 were of higher quality on a number of dimensions as compared to 1989-1995, a number of these gains were minimal and in some cases measures have decreased in quality. The overall conclusion is that the sexual risk behavior literature should implement more of the recommendations made by methodological scholars in this area. Specific recommendations are summarized and presented in a way that may be helpful in guiding the development of future measures of self-reported condom use.