| Title |
Unscheduled bleeding and contraceptive choice: increasing satisfaction and continuation rates
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Open Access Journal of Contraception, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.2147/oajc.s85565 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jennifer Villavicencio, Rebecca H Allen |
| Abstract |
Approximately half (51%) of the 6.6 million pregnancies in the US each year are unintended and half of those pregnancies (54%) occur among women not using contraception. Many women discontinue their contraceptives due to method dissatisfaction. Bothersome unscheduled bleeding is one of the main reasons cited by women for stopping a birth control method. Improving counseling and management of these side effects will aide in increasing satisfaction with contraceptive methods. The following review will discuss the bleeding profiles associated with the contraceptive options available in the US. A valuable resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use, will be introduced. Definitions of the types of unscheduled bleeding are included, as well as strategies for treatment for each contraceptive method. The evidence whether or not anticipatory counseling increases continuation rates will also be reviewed. |
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| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Unknown | 4 | 67% |
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| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 17% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
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| Unknown | 87 | 100% |
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| Student > Master | 8 | 9% |
| Other | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 9% |
| Researcher | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 14% |
| Unknown | 40 | 46% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 40 | 46% |
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