Journal article
Association Between Marijuana Use and Condom Use: A Meta-Analysis of Between-Subject Event-Based Studies
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, Vol.79(3), pp.361-369
05/2018
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2018.79.361
PMCID: PMC6005253
PMID: 29885143
Abstract
Objective: With the current public health burden of sexually transmitted infections, it is important to identify factors affecting condom use. The association between marijuana use and condom use is especially important because of the increasing number of U.S. states legalizing marijuana; however, relevant research findings are mixed. The goal of this study was to perform a meta-analysis assessing the relationship between marijuana and condom use at instances of sexual intercourse.
Method: A systematic search of four databases was performed. Data were extracted and pooled estimates were calculated using random-effects models with inverse variance weighting. Heterogeneity was evaluated using the Cochran Q chi-square test.
Results: Eleven studies were included. There was a statistically significant relationship between marijuana and condom use in the overall pooled analysis (odds ratio [OR] = 0.71, 95% CI [0.56, 0.89]), and studies were homogeneous, I2 = 12%, χ2(10) = 11.37, p = .33. Stratified analyses showed that although the pooled OR was not significant for adults (OR = 0.92, 95% CI [0.64, 1.33]), there was a significant relationship between condom use and marijuana use for adolescents (OR = 0.62, 95% CI [0.47, 0.82]).
Conclusions: This meta-analysis found that the odds of condom use were lower for those who used marijuana around the time of intercourse than for those who did not, with this effect only significant for adolescents in a subgroup analysis. As the adolescent populations in this analysis were not representative of a general population of adolescents, future research should focus not only on those considered high risk.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Association Between Marijuana Use and Condom Use: A Meta-Analysis of Between-Subject Event-Based Studies
- Creators
- Amy Schumacher - Department of Community and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaMiesha Marzell - Department of Social Work, College of Community and Public Affairs, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New YorkAngela J Toepp - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaMarin L Schweizer - Center for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE), Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, Vol.79(3), pp.361-369
- Publisher
- Rutgers University
- DOI
- 10.15288/jsad.2018.79.361
- PMID
- 29885143
- PMCID
- PMC6005253
- ISSN
- 1937-1888
- eISSN
- 1938-4114
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2018
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Nursing; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094497202771
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