Table 3. Summary of insertion data reported in the diaries over 42 days by woman who had complete data in the Diary Study in Tanzania and Uganda, per woman analysis.
| Tanzanian Diaries(N = 82) | Ugandan Diaries(N = 99) | Comparison(p-value)a | |
| Frequency | |||
| Number of women who report insertion ever | 8 (9.8%) | 45 (45.5%) | p<0.01 |
| Mean insertion acts during the six weeks of the studyb | 20.6 | 40.8 | |
| Median (IQR) insertion acts in the studyb | 4.5 (2.0 to 29.0) | 19.0 (9.0 to 67.0) | p = 0.04 |
| Frequency of insertion acts in the studyb | p = 0.03 | ||
| 1 to 5 times | 5 (62.5%) | 7 (15.6%) | |
| 6 to 10 times | 1 (12.5%) | 7 (15.6%) | |
| 11 to 20 times | 0 (0.0%) | 10 (22.2%) | |
| > 20 times | 2 (25.0%) | 21 (46.7%) | |
| Substance | |||
| Overall substance use | (n = 8) | (n = 45) | p = 0.71 |
| Commercial product only alwaysc | 1 (12.5%) | 9 (20.0%) | |
| Traditional product only alwaysd | 4 (50.0%) | 7 (15.6%) | |
| Both commercial and traditional products at least once, separately | 1 (12.5%) | 23 (51.1%) | |
| Both commercial and traditional products at least once, combined | 2 (25.0%) | 6 (13.3%) | |
| Application | |||
| Application method | (n = 8) | (n = 45) | p = 0.98 |
| Fingers only always | 3 (37.5%) | 16 (35.6%) | |
| Cloth at least once but never other | 2 (25.0%) | 7 (15.6%) | |
| Othere at least once but never cloth | 1 (12.5%) | 12 (26.7%) | |
| Both cloth & Other at least once, separately | 0 | 9 (20.0%) | |
| Both cloth and Other at least once, combined | 2 (25.0%) | 1 (2.2%) | |
| Insertion related to sexual intercourse | |||
| Frequency of sex-related insertion, as a proportion of the woman’s total sex acts f | (n = 6) | (n = 43) | p = 0.02 |
| Never | 3 (50.0%) | 11 (25.6%) | |
| <25% | 3 (50.0%) | 23 (53.5%) | |
| 25 to 49% | 0 | 7 (16.3%) | |
| 50 to 74% | 0 | 2 (4.7%) | |
| 75% + | 0 | 0 | |
| (n = 8) | (n = 45) | ||
| Mean insertion acts per day when NO sex was reported | 0.27 | 0.38 | |
| Mean insertion acts per day when sex was reported | 0.21 | 0.91 | |
| p-values for the difference between distributionsg | p = 0.69 | p<0.01 |
Legend: a = Wilcoxon rank-sum for non-parametric data; b = This was restricted to those who reported insertion; c = Commercial products for insertion: In In-depth Interviews (IDI), no participant reported the use of a commercial product in Tanzania, and in Ugandan commercial products reported were soda (e.g. Coca-Cola), medication for vaginal infections, laundry detergent, petroleum-based jelly, and beer; d = Traditional products for insertion: In IDI, participants reported the use of herbs, ghee, snuff, and lemons in Tanzania, and herbs and honey in Uganda; e = Other applicator used for insertion: In IDI, participants reported the use of toilet paper and applicator (e.g. to insert medication) in Tanzania, and toilet paper in Uganda; f = Among women who reported insertion at least once and had sex at least once, restricted to the days when they reported inserting ≤2 times so that all sex-related insertion could be captured by the diary; g = Wilcoxon signed-rank test for paired data.