Condom use among antiretroviral therapy naive people living with HIV at a tertiary health care hospital in Lagos, Nigeria: implication for prevention of new infections.
BACKGROUND
The consistent use of male latex condom significantly reduces the risk of HIV infection among men and women.


OBJECTIVE
This study was designed to assess the prevalence and pattern of male and female condom use among antiretroviral therapy naïve people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Lagos, Nigeria.


METHODS
This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. Interviewer administered questionnaires were used to collect demographic data of age, gender, marital status, rate, pattern of and reasons for not using condoms among PLHIV.


RESULTS
Four hundred and forty three respondents were interviewed with age rangefrom 14 to 75 years and a mean of 35 ± 9 years. There were 175 (39.5%) males and 268 (60.5%) females in the study. Overall, 71 (16.0%) of respondents used condom consistently. Only 55 (12.4%) of the respondents were aware of female condom while 9 (2%) used it.


CONCLUSIONS
This study reveals that there is a low consistent use of male condoms and a very low awareness and use of female condoms among studied PLHIV.
Antiretroviral Therapy Clinics, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. taiwo_modupe@yahoo.com
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires