Characteristics of Condom and Lubricant Use among a Nationally Representative Probability Sample of Adults Ages 18–59 in the United States

摘要: ABSTRACT Introduction Although most Americans have used condoms and/or lubricant during sex, little is known about the context of sexual events that involve use such products outside experimentally manipulated studies. Aims To assess, in a nationally representative study men and women United States ages 18–59, characteristics condom participants' recent event relationship their to event‐level ratings quality. Methods Data are from National Survey Sexual Health Behavior, which involved administration an online questionnaire probability sample U.S. adults. Main Outcome Measures Sociodemographic items: items related behavior, use, perceptions arousal, pleasure, ease erection or lubrication, pain associated with sex. Results During experience, 27.5% (N = 237) 22.3% (N = 175) reported using condom. More than twice as many were unsure whether was lubricated (26.6% vs. 11.4%) material it made (23.6% 8.9%). Participants consistently rated sex be arousing pleasurable not they lubricant. No significant differences found regard men's erections based on use. Conclusions some concerns how lubricants may impact enjoyment largely quite high, few Women, more often men, being type used, has implications for patient education. Herbenick D, Schick V, Reece M, Sanders SA, Smith N, Dodge B, Fortenberry JD. Characteristics among adults 18–59 States. J Sex Med **;**:**–**.