Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sungai Buloh Campus, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh 47000, Malaysia.
Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sungai Buloh Campus, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh 47000, Malaysia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 26;19(19):12179. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191912179.
The low prevalence of condom usage among youth with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Sexually Transmitted Diseases (HIV/STDs) is a concern. Condom use self-efficacy has been identified as a significant predictor of condom usage. This cross-sectional study examines the prevalence of good condom usage and its association with condom use self-efficacy among Malaysian urban youth, aged between 18 to 24 years old attending HIV/STDs clinics in primary-care settings, Selangor. Utilising the Harmonised Malay version of Condom Use Self-Efficacy Scale (CUSES M-H) questionnaire, the data from 218 responders were analysed using univariate and multiple logistic regression. The prevalence of good condom usage was 61% (95% CI: 54%, 68%). The average mean score of condom use self-efficacy was 3.07. Condom use self-efficacy was divided into four subscales of mechanics, perceived barriers, assertiveness and intoxicants. The assertiveness subscale had the highest average mean score of 3.42, while the intoxicant subscale score had the lowest average mean score of 2.24. Good condom usage was significantly associated with condom use during first sexual intercourse (aOR = 5.81, 95% CI: 1.97, 17.14), duration diagnosis of HIV/STDs of more than 12 months (aOR = 6.40, 95% CI: 2.30, 17.86) and the high assertiveness subscale score (aOR = 1.19, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.36). A behavioural change campaign that targets high-risk youth in primary care settings could promote condom use self-efficacy particularly assertiveness to increase condom usage among the youth.
在感染艾滋病毒/性传播疾病(HIV/STDs)的青年中,避孕套使用率低令人担忧。避孕套使用效能已被确定为避孕套使用的重要预测因素。本横断面研究检查了在马来西亚城市青年中,避孕套使用效能良好的流行率及其与避孕套使用之间的关联,这些青年年龄在 18 至 24 岁之间,在初级保健环境中参加 HIV/STDs 诊所。利用 condom Use Self-Efficacy Scale(CUSES M-H)问卷的马来语调和版本,对 218 名应答者的数据进行了单变量和多变量逻辑回归分析。避孕套使用效能良好的流行率为 61%(95%CI:54%,68%)。避孕套使用效能的平均得分是 3.07。避孕套使用效能分为机械、感知障碍、自信和兴奋剂四个子量表。自信子量表的平均得分最高,为 3.42,而兴奋剂子量表的平均得分最低,为 2.24。避孕套使用效能良好与首次性行为时使用避孕套(aOR=5.81,95%CI:1.97,17.14)、HIV/STDs 诊断时间超过 12 个月(aOR=6.40,95%CI:2.30,17.86)和高自信子量表得分(aOR=1.19,95%CI:1.03,1.36)显著相关。初级保健环境中针对高风险青年的行为改变运动可以促进避孕套使用效能,特别是自信,以增加青年人群的避孕套使用。