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Table 3 Percentage of participants reporting errors at each time point

From: Feasibility study of the Home-based Exercises for Responsible Sex (HERS) intervention to promote correct and consistent condom use among young women

 

Did not check the expiry date

Did not check for damage

Used oil-based lube

Contact with a sharp object

Applied late

Removed during sex

Did not squeeze the air out

Did not leave space at the tip

Applied wrong way around

T1

62% (n = 18)

59% (n = 17)

3% (n = 1)

21% (n = 6)

31% (n = 9)

10% (n = 3)

71% (n = 12)

35% (n = 6)

35% (n = 6)

T2

62% (n = 15)

50% (n = 12)

4% (n = 1)

12% (n = 3)

33% (n = 8)

12% (n = 3)

10% (n = 2)

10% (n = 2)

5% (n = 1)

T3

45% (n = 10)

36% (n = 8)

n = 0

9% (n = 2)

27% (n = 6)

22% (n = 5)

20% (n = 4)

45% (n = 9)

15% (n = 3)