AIDS-related knowledge, condom usage among medical postgraduates / 生物医学与环境科学（英文）

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the knowledge about safety/unsafety of sexual acts relating to HIV transmission, levels of embarrassment related to condom and condom usage among medical postgraduates.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>From August to December, 1998, a self-administered anonymous questionnaire was given to 271 new medical postgraduates from two medical colleges of Beijing and Hebei Province.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There was a hazy understanding of the protective function of condom from AIDS among medical postgraduates. Only 14.4% medical postgraduates persisted in using condom, and 27.94% had never or almost never used it. The levels of embarrassment about condom were high. The median score was 3.55 +/- 0.98. Whether to use condom was related with the attitudes to condom, but not to AIDS.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>There was some misunderstanding about condom and inconsistent condom usage in medical postgraduates. So it is essential to strengthen the sexual health education among them.</p>