Survey on the Acceptability of Woman′s Condom in Young Volunteers

MAO Qun-xia; DONG Shao-ren; XIAO Yuan-hong

Abstract：Objective:To investigate the acceptability of the Chinese domestic woman′s condom in Chinese young volunteers of childbearing age, and to survey those factors affecting application. Methods:A total of 332 volunteers (about 89% of them are women) from Nanjing, Qingdao and Xi′an were selected. The self-designed questionnaire was used to collect the data. SPSS software 13.0 was used to analyze the data. Results:About 90.5% of those untapped persons were willing to try the woman′s condom. After multi-variable adjustment, there was a statistically significant difference on the acceptability between areas, ORXi′an vs. Nanjing=0.197 (P<0.05). The main reason why to be willing to try the woman′s condom among those untapped persons and purchasers was"curious" (47.7%), while the main reasons of the unacceptability were"insufficient knowledge"or "inconvenient or conservative". There was the various of acceptability in color, fragrance, price, outside and inside packing and the convenient place to get. About 55% of the participants could accept colorful, dulcet woman′s condom. Nearly 59%of them could accept the price as ≥12 Yuan(RMB). More participants preferred the packing with two condoms in a paper box. In general, drugstore and the family planning service center were the favorite places to get such condom. Conclusions:In order to improve the acceptability of the domestic woman′s condom, those factors, including color, fragrance, price, outside and inside packing and the favorite place to get, should be considered, besides the product quality, easy-to-use and the differences in culture, education and economic status. Moreover, the related health education in those target population will be helpful to improve the acceptability of the woman′s condom.