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Hughes DA. Economic impact of poor compliance with pharmaceuticals. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 2014; 2:327-35. [DOI: 10.1586/14737167.2.4.327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Free C, Ogden J. Emergency contraception use and non-use in young women: The application of a contextual and dynamic model. Br J Health Psychol 2010; 10:237-53. [PMID: 15969852 DOI: 10.1348/135910705x25985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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There have been many approaches to understanding contraception use including social cognition models which have been criticised for their individualistic approach and their static nature. The present quantitative study developed and refined a contextual and dynamic model of contraception use that was derived using qualitative research. This model conceptualizes the predictors of contraception use in terms of the meaning and importance of a range of social goals, perceptions of vulnerability, and constraints on or facilitators of contraception use each of which changes over time. The present study operationalized this model in relation to emergency contraception and explored differences between users and non-users and between episodes of use and non-use. In terms of users and non-users, the results showed that the users of emergency contraception showed a more positive view of an emergency contraception user, perceived greater support from their partner for emergency contraception use, rated themselves more at risk of pregnancy, and felt more confident about asking for emergency contraception. In terms of use and non-use, use was related to an increased belief about the risk of pregnancy, increased partner support, increased concern about health care professionals and the side-effects of the drug, and a more positive identity of an emergency contraception. The study has helped to develop and refine the model and has identified some key factors that are specifically relevant to emergency contraception use in a sample of women in education in and around London.
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- Caroline Free
- Public Health Interventions Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
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Barjot P, Graesslin O, Cohen D, Vaillant P, Clerson P, Hoffet M. Grossesses survenant sous contraception orale : les leçons de l'étude GRECO. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 34:120-6. [PMID: 16495116 DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2004.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2004] [Accepted: 12/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The GRECO study has collected data on pregnancies, regardless of their outcome, that occurred in women taking an oral contraceptive. PATIENTS AND METHODS The analysis concerned 551 women prospectively recruited in services of gynaecology or obstetrics, termination of pregnancy centres, family planning centres or consultations of gynaecology in France throughout 2002 and who were 12 weeks pregnant or less. RESULTS Contraception used during the cycle of conception was an estroprogestative combination in 88% of cases, a microprogestative in 8.7%, a macroprogestative in 0.9% or another type of pill in 2.4%. Progestatives were levonorgestrel 59.0%, gestoden 17.2%, desogestrel 4.7%, norethisterone acetate 2.9%, norgestimate 1.8%, cyproterone acetate 2.0%, norgestrel 1.6%. When asked about the potential cause of the oral contraceptive failure, 76.9% of women reported events such as missed pills which were the most frequent cause of failure (60.8% of failures and 80.1% of events, 2.7+/-2.7 missed pills), followed by vomiting and diarrhoea. 81.5% of women chose to terminate their pregnancy. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION The GRECO study, despite its limitations (retrospective collection of missed pills data, declaratory data) showed that missed pills, even once, were the most common reason for oral contraceptive failure. The most frequent decision was the termination of pregnancy.
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- P Barjot
- Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Polyclinique du Parc, 20, avenue Guynemer, 14052 Caen cedex 04, France.
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The terms "planned", "unplanned", "intended", "unintended", "wanted" and "unwanted" are often used in relation to pregnancy in health policy, health services and health research. This paper describes the findings relating to women's understanding of these terms from the qualitative stage of a British study. We found that when discussing the circumstances of their pregnancies, women tended not to use the above terms spontaneously. When asked to explain the terms, women were able to do so but there was considerable variation in understanding. Most, but not all, were able to apply the terms. Women applied the term "planned" only if they had met four key criteria. Intending to become pregnant and stopping contraception were not sufficient criteria, in themselves, to apply the term; partner agreement and reaching the right time in terms of lifestyle/life stage were also necessary. In contrast, "unplanned" was a widely applied term and covered a variety of circumstances of pregnancy. The other terms were less favoured, "unwanted" being positively disliked. We recommend that survey questions eliciting information on women's circumstances of pregnancy do not rely on the above terms in isolation and, further, that a more circumspect use of the terms in policy and clinical settings is required.
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- Geraldine Barrett
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, Health Promotion Research Unit, UK.
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Morin P, St-Cyr-Tribble D, de Wals P, Payette H. Concept Analysis of Pregnancy Planning Drawn from Women of Childbearing Age. Health Promot Pract 2001. [DOI: 10.1177/152483990100200305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Pregnancy planning is becoming an important issue in preconception health promotion. Unfortunately, its definition and measurement remain imprecise. This article will develop an operational definition and identify essential components of the concept of pregnancy planning. Six steps from Walker and Avant’s concept analysis procedure were used. Data were collected through a literature review, interviews with key informants, and three focus groups. The concept analysis yielded a conceptual framework comprising three essential components: attitude, timing, and sexual behavior. Pregnancy planning is defined as the adoption of an attitude centered on conception, including sexual behaviors (proceptive or contraceptive) and timing. Moreover, pregnancy planning is not a clear-cut phenomenon with questions that can be answered simply with “yes” or “no”. Rather, it is a dynamic process that evolves according to contextual factors. From these results, an instrument evaluating the intensity of pregnancy planning can be developed for epidemiological research and promotional purposes.
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke
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OBJECTIVE To assess the expectations of antenatal care of pregnant women at the outset of pregnancy. DESIGN Questionnaire study within a randomised controlled trial, comparing traditional antenatal care with a more flexible schedule. SETTING Eleven primary care centres providing midwifery care in Avon. POPULATION Five hundred and ninety-three pregnant women at low risk of obstetric complications presenting for antenatal care. METHODS A questionnaire was completed by women who agreed to participate in the trial shortly after antenatal booking. The questionnaire explored women's views on their attitudes to pregnancy and antenatal care, the locus of control related to pregnancy, the planning of the pregnancy and expectations of care. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Comparisons between nulliparous and multiparous women in terms of their views of antenatal care, and their stated preference for a particular package of care. RESULTS There was no difference in their views of pregnancy as an event entailing risk. On a locus of control scale that measured women's perceptions of factors which might affect their babies' health, nulliparous women rated antenatal care higher than multiparous women (P = 0.0001). However, this was not associated with any difference between the two groups in their stated preference for traditional or flexible care. Approximately half of the women expressed no preference, and of those who did 61% would opt for traditional care. Almost one-fifth of the whole sample welcomed the idea of flexible care. DISCUSSION These data support the evidence of previous studies that there remains a strong desire among pregnant women to receive a 'traditional' pattern of care, even among those who have previously experienced normal pregnancy. However, a minority can be identified at the outset of pregnancy who may welcome a change to a more flexible pattern of care.
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- D Jewell
- Division of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, UK
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McGovern E, Moss H, Grewal G, Taylor A, Bjornsson S, Pell J. Factors affecting the use of folic acid supplements in pregnant women in Glasgow. Br J Gen Pract 1997; 47:635-7. [PMID: 9474827 PMCID: PMC1410125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Use of folic acid supplements preconception, and during the first trimester, is associated with a reduced incidence of first and subsequent neural tube defects. The Department of Health guidelines recommend the use of folic acid supplements by all women planning a pregnancy. AIM To ascertain the proportion using folic acid supplements and the factors affecting their use. METHOD Questionnaires were distributed postpartum to the 515 women who delivered normal babies in three maternity units in Glasgow over a four-week period. RESULTS Forms were completed by 487 (95%) women. Only 57% took supplements at some point during their pregnancy, and only 21% took them before conception. Failure to take supplements was significantly associated with unplanned pregnancy, younger age, and previous pregnancies. Lack of awareness of the potential benefits associated with folic acid use was the commonest reason cited by women for not taking supplements. CONCLUSIONS Increased health education through health care professionals and mass media campaigns can improve awareness and thereby increase the use of supplements in planned pregnancies. However, 42% of women in our study had unplanned pregnancies. Intake of folic acid supplements in this group can only be increased by improvements in dietary intake within the population as a whole, and by fortification of commonly ingested foods.
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Wellings K, Field B. Sexual behaviour in young people. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY 1996; 10:139-160. [PMID: 8736727 DOI: 10.1016/s0950-3552(96)80067-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- K Wellings
- Health Promotion Sciences Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
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Metson D, Kassianos GC, Norman DP, Moriarty J. Information leaflets on contraception. Br J Gen Pract 1995; 45:691-2. [PMID: 8745874 PMCID: PMC1239486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Pearson VA, Owen MR, Phillips DR, Gray DJ, Marshall MN. Teenage pregnancy: a comparative study of teenagers choosing termination of pregnancy or antenatal care. J R Soc Med 1995; 88:384-8. [PMID: 7562806 PMCID: PMC1295267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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A comparative study of 167 pregnant teenagers in Devon attending either antenatal booking clinics or for National Health Service (NHS) termination of pregnancy was carried out to determine differences in their characteristics, use and experience of local family planning services. Teenagers presenting for termination of pregnancy were younger and more likely to say that they had wished to avoid getting pregnant. Whether the teenager was in a stable relationship was strongly associated with the outcome of the pregnancy, with single girls being more likely to choose a termination of pregnancy. The termination of pregnancy group were also more likely to be condom users, and to have learned about their method of contraception from school rather than from health care professionals. Teenagers' frequency of contact with family planning services suggested that teenagers choosing a termination were less likely than antenatal attenders to have attended regularly. This was mainly due to differences in behaviour among teenagers attending their general practitioner (GP) for contraceptive advice: teenagers having a termination were more likely to describe their visit to their GP as embarrassing. These findings have implications for local family planning services attempting to reduce the number of unwanted teenage pregnancies.
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- V A Pearson
- Exeter and North Devon Health Authority, England, UK
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De Leizaola-Cordonnier A. Natural family planning effectiveness in Belgium. ADVANCES IN CONTRACEPTION : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CONTRACEPTION 1995; 11:165-72. [PMID: 7491857 DOI: 10.1007/bf01987281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The aim of the study was to check, in a European environment, the practical efficiency and the acceptability of a recent natural family planning (NFP) method. This method includes a double check to detect the beginning as well as the end of the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle. Up to now, 71 women of reproductive age have been registered. They agreed to provide their symptothermal charts and related information. Average age is 32 years. Average fertility is 2 children/woman. Fifty-nine percent of the participants have a professional occupation. The same percentages are found in those accepting a contraceptive method (oral contraceptives or intrauterine devices). Until today 1240 cycles (103 women-years) of experience have been gathered. The average participation was 17.5 cycles/woman. No method failure has been reported. One unintended pregnancy due to unprotected sexual intercourse during the fertile phase occurred (user failure). Overall Pearl Index (PI) was 0.96. In 84% of the cycles, no protected intercourse was reported (NFP only). According to PI, practical efficiency of the NFP method analyzed was 1.31. Sexual abstinence during the fertile phase was found in 71.4% of the cycles.
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Carlin EM, Munn N, Meehan F, Murphy SM. An audit of safer sexual practice and knowledge in patients attending a genitourinary medicine department. Int J STD AIDS 1994; 5:373. [PMID: 7819360 DOI: 10.1177/095646249400500518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- E M Carlin
- Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK
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Wilson MB. Natural family planning. Cheap, effective, and free of side effects. BMJ (CLINICAL RESEARCH ED.) 1993; 307:1357-8. [PMID: 8257904 PMCID: PMC1679448 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.307.6915.1357-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Clift AD. Natural family planning: It makes sense.. West J Med 1993. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.307.6915.1358-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Moore WM. Natural family planning. Both partners need instruction. BMJ (CLINICAL RESEARCH ED.) 1993; 307:1358-9. [PMID: 8257907 PMCID: PMC1679433 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.307.6915.1358-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Hume K. Natural family planning. The tide is turning in favour. BMJ (CLINICAL RESEARCH ED.) 1993; 307:1358. [PMID: 8257906 PMCID: PMC1679459 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.307.6915.1358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Tydén T, Olsson S, Björkelund-Ylander C. Female university students in Sweden: sex, contraception and STDs. ADVANCES IN CONTRACEPTION : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CONTRACEPTION 1991; 7:165-71. [PMID: 1950714 DOI: 10.1007/bf01849406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Female university students (n = 241) visiting the Student Health Center participated in a study concerning sexual behavior (study I). A randomized postal survey (study II) with similar questions was also performed to verify the findings in the first study (n = 137). The mean age was 23 years in both studies. Sexual experience was reported by 96% in study I and 87% in study II. Mean age at first intercourse and mean number of partners were similar; 17.6 years and 6 partners, respectively. Change of contraceptive type was frequent, and about one third had done so within the past two years. A common reason for adopting a new method was a change in social life. More than half the women were afraid of using oral contraceptives. Twenty-six percent of the students in study I and 29% in study II had had at least one sexually transmitted disease (STD). Forty-three percent claimed to have changed their sexual behavior as a result of AIDS publicity but condoms were used by less than 50% at the first intercourse with a new partner. Although this group of intelligent young people have access to information, many of them were risk-takers with respect to both unwanted pregnancies and STD. Misconceptions were frequent concerning the safety of OCs. It is clear that new approaches must be made to educate them about safe sexual practices.
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- T Tydén
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Uppsala, Sweden
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Metson D. Unintended pregnancies and contraceptive use. BMJ (CLINICAL RESEARCH ED.) 1991; 302:1149-50. [PMID: 2043795 PMCID: PMC1669826 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.302.6785.1149-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Rowlands S. Raising standards in family planning services. Br J Gen Pract 1991; 41:138-9. [PMID: 1854532 PMCID: PMC1371510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Data were collected on abortion referral rates, single young maternity rates and uptake of contraceptive services in order to identify specific areas of unmet need in the Nottingham Health District. Comparisons were made between boroughs and in the City of Nottingham between electoral wards. There was a direct relationship between abortion rate, single young maternity rate and social disadvantage. Analysis of contraceptive usage suggested a more ineffective service in the inner city, which has implications for the more efficient use of resources in the future. Targeting of consumer acceptable services to residents of the inner city and teenagers in general was recommended as a result of the study. For future planning a more useful routine data set was developed to record the activity at family planning clinics.
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