Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
J Sex Med. 2014 Mar;11(3):642-52. doi: 10.1111/jsm.12427. Epub 2014 Feb 13.
Use of commercial lubricant is common in the United States among adult women. However, little is known about the sexual behaviors for which women use lubricant, women's perceptions of lubricant, or reasons for use, particularly in a nationally representative sample.
The aim of this study was to document the prevalence and characteristics of lubricant use among adult women in the United States and their perceptions of lubricants in relation to subjective sexual experiences.
Data are from a subset of individuals who were sampled as part of the 2012 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, which involved the administration of an online questionnaire to a nationally representative probability sample of U.S. adults ages 18 and older.
Sociodemographic characteristics, recent and lifetime commercial lubricant use, lubricant use during specific sexual behaviors, frequency of lubricant use, and reasons for lubricant use of participants were studied for the article.
Of the women who participated in the study, 65.5% (n = 1,021) reported ever having used lubricant and 20% had used a lubricant within the past 30 days. Across age groups, lubricant was most commonly used during intercourse (58.3% of women) or partnered sexual play (49.6%). Common reasons for lubricant use included to make sex more comfortable, fun, and pleasurable and to decrease discomfort/pain.
Most American women have used lubricant. Also, lubricant is more common as part of partnered intercourse and sexual play or foreplay compared with other solo and partnered sexual behaviors. Clinicians may find it helpful to broaden conversations with patients to include questions about their sexual behaviors, comfort and/or pain during sex, and lubricant use and to share, particularly with younger women, that lubricant use is prevalent and commonly used for reasons related to pleasure as well as comfort.
在美国，成年女性普遍使用商业润滑剂。然而，人们对女性使用润滑剂的性行为、对润滑剂的看法以及使用原因知之甚少，尤其是在全国代表性样本中。
本研究旨在记录美国成年女性使用润滑剂的流行率和特征，以及她们在与主观性体验相关的情况下对润滑剂的看法。
数据来自 2012 年全国性健康和性行为调查的一个子样本，该调查涉及对美国 18 岁及以上成年人的全国代表性概率样本进行在线问卷调查。
本研究分析了参与者的社会人口统计学特征、近期和终身商业润滑剂使用情况、特定性行为中润滑剂的使用情况、润滑剂使用频率以及参与者使用润滑剂的原因。
在参与研究的女性中，65.5%（n=1021）报告曾使用过润滑剂，20%的女性在过去 30 天内使用过润滑剂。在不同年龄组中，润滑剂最常用于性交（58.3%的女性）或伴侣间的性游戏（49.6%）。常见的使用润滑剂的原因包括使性行为更舒适、有趣和愉快，以及减少不适/疼痛。
大多数美国女性都使用过润滑剂。此外，与其他单独或伴侣间的性行为相比，润滑剂在伴侣间的性交和性游戏或前戏中更为常见。临床医生可能会发现，与患者进行更广泛的对话，包括他们的性行为、性过程中的舒适度和/或疼痛以及润滑剂使用情况的问题，并与患者分享，特别是与年轻女性分享，即润滑剂的使用很普遍，并且通常用于与舒适相关的愉悦原因，这很有帮助。
