Funkhouser Ellen, Hayes Tameka D, Vermund Sten H
Department of Epidemiology and International Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2002 Jan;50(4):177-82. doi: 10.1080/07448480209596024.
The authors assessed the frequency, characteristics, and motivational antecedents of vaginal douching practices among 125 White and 155 Black female college students. Overall, 40% of the students had ever douched and half of those women currently douche. Black women were most likely to be encouraged to douche by their mothers, whereas White women were more influenced by television advertisements. Among the sexually active women, being Black, using oral contraceptives, using spermicides, and being encouraged to douche by their mothers or by the media were independently associated with ever having douched. These associations were present among both Black and White women and were stronger when current douching was compared with never having douched. Women who were discouraged from douching by a physician or nurse were more likely to have stopped the practice. Douching is common, even among educated young women; nurses' and physicians' advice to stop douching appears to have a salutary effect.
作者评估了125名白人女大学生和155名黑人女大学生的阴道灌洗行为的频率、特征及动机前因。总体而言，40%的学生曾进行过灌洗，其中一半女性目前仍在进行灌洗。黑人女性最有可能受到母亲鼓励进行灌洗，而白人女性则更多受到电视广告的影响。在有性行为的女性中，黑人、使用口服避孕药、使用杀精剂以及受到母亲或媒体鼓励进行灌洗与曾进行过灌洗独立相关。这些关联在黑人和白人女性中均存在，且与从未进行灌洗相比，当前仍在灌洗时这些关联更强。被医生或护士劝阻进行灌洗的女性更有可能停止该行为。灌洗行为很常见，即使在受过教育的年轻女性中也是如此；护士和医生关于停止灌洗的建议似乎具有有益效果。
