Interpartner Reliability of Reporting of Recent Sexual Behaviors

Upchurch, Dawn M.; Weisman, Carol S.; Shepherd, Mary; Brookmeyer, Ron; Fox, Robin; Celentano, David D.; Colletta, Lorraine; Hook, Edward W.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116019

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“…The existing data on interpartner agreement shows variable findings related to the population and behaviors under investigation [6,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Studies examining behaviors within the partnership (frequency of intercourse, condom use) for the purpose of examining the reliability of individual reports show good to excellent agreement among both homosexual and heterosexual couples [14 -20].…”

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confidence: 99%

What you don’t know can hurt you: Perceptions of sex-partner concurrency and partner-reported behavior

Lenoir

Adler

Borzekowski

et al. 2006

Journal of Adolescent Health

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confidence: 99%

What you don’t know can hurt you: Perceptions of sex-partner concurrency and partner-reported behavior

Lenoir

Adler

Borzekowski

et al. 2006

Journal of Adolescent Health

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“…Two US studies of heterosexual couples have also found close agreement between the independent responses of the 2 partners 21,22 .…”

Section: Accuracy Of Exposure Informationmentioning

confidence: 68%

“…Biological markers may be useful in small studies; condom sales surveillance can be used for ecologic studies; and large cohort studies attempt to correlate STD incidence data with condom use data 23 . Most researchers have used test± retest or inter-partner reliability as an indicator of validity 21,22,24 . Other studies indicate that the type of coital log used in our study does collect accurate data on sexual exposures 25 .…”

Section: Accuracy Of Exposure Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Condom and Nonoxynol-9 use and the incidence of HIV infection in serodiscordant couples in Zambia

Hira¹,

Feldblum²,

Kamanga³

et al. 1997

Int J STD AIDS

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We aimed to measure the effectiveness of latex condoms and of nonoxynol-9 [N-9] spermicides, in preventing HIV transmission in heterosexual serodiscordant couples in Lusaka. Each couple was examined at clinic visits scheduled at 3-month intervals for one year or more per couple, or until seroconversion or discontinuation. Couples were given condoms and their choice of 3 N-9 products and advised to use both at every intercourse. Sexual exposure was ascertained from coital logs that recorded coitus and barrier method use. HIV serological testing was done at each clinic visit (ELISA and Western blot if positive). One hundred and ten discordant couples were followed for a mean of 17.6 months. Seventy-eight per cent of coital episodes were protected by condoms, 85% by spermicides and 6.4% were unprotected. Fourteen seroconversions occurred (8.7 infections per 100 couple-years [c-y]). The rate was higher among seronegative men than seronegative women. Among couples who reported using condoms at every intercourse the infection rate was 2.3/100 c-y, compared with 10.7/100 c-y among couples using condoms less consistently (rate ratio [RR] 0.2; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0-1.6). Among couples who reported using N-9 at every intercourse, the seroconversion rate was 6.9/100 c-y; among couples who reported less than full-time N-9 use, the rate was 8.9/100 c-y (RR 0.8; 95% CI 0.2-2.8). Among the subset of female seronegatives, the N-9 RR was 0.5 (95% CI 0.1-3.8). But when we calculated HIV rates according to N-9 consistency in coital acts when condoms were not used, there was no evidence of protection with higher N-9 use. Consistent use of latex condoms reduces the incidence of HIV infection, but the association between N-9 spermicides and HIV is less clear. The current study could not provide compelling data on the impact of N-9 spermicide use on risk of HIV infection. The study's small size, as well as the consistency of concurrent condom use, limited our inferences. Available spermicide products must be studied further.

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“…Our multivariate analysis, which accounted for these possibilities, showed that the partner specificity still held. Our definition of type of partner was driven by the results of qualitative work (Peto et al, 1992); it was equivalent to those given in some studies (Evans et aL, 1991;Smith, 1991), while others have used a classification exclusively based on objective parameters, such as the frequency of sexual activity and/or the length of the relationship (Catania et al, 1992b;Plitcha et al, 1992;Upchurch et al, 1991Upchurch et al, , 1992. Whatever the method used to define partner type, similar results have been found.…”

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confidence: 70%

Partner-specific sexual practices among heterosexual men and women with multiple partners: Results from the French national survey, ACSF

Messiah

Pelletier

1996

Arch Sex Behav

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Heterosexual men and women with several partners are at risk of acquiring and transmitting sexually transmitted diseases and HIV. Risk depends on parameters such as the sexual practices themselves which may vary according to the type of partner (regular vs. casual). It is therefore important to describe the sexual practices and identify the correlations between the type of partner and these practices among heterosexuals with multiple partners. A subsample of all subjects having had at least two sexual partners during the previous year (n = 1644) was obtained from the ACSF survey (n = 20,055), the French national telephone survey on sexual behavior conducted between September 1991 and February 1992. Questions concerned in particular sexual practices of the last encounter as well as type of partner. Petting and vaginal penetration were almost systematic, mutual manual stimulation and orogenital sex were common, while self-masturbation and anal sex were infrequent. On average, a condom was seldom used. However, it was used more often when the partner was occasional. Nonpenetrative and oral practices were also more frequent with occasional partners. Women tended to report lower frequencies of practices and of condom use than men. A subset of heterosexuals with multiple partners engaged in safe sex. Practices tend to be partner-specific, with safer sex practices more likely to occur with occasional partners, although the magnitude of the difference is moderate.

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Interpartner Reliability of Reporting of Recent Sexual Behaviors

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What you don’t know can hurt you: Perceptions of sex-partner concurrency and partner-reported behavior

What you don’t know can hurt you: Perceptions of sex-partner concurrency and partner-reported behavior

Condom and Nonoxynol-9 use and the incidence of HIV infection in serodiscordant couples in Zambia

Partner-specific sexual practices among heterosexual men and women with multiple partners: Results from the French national survey, ACSF

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