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11858315 R,T

Importance of considering cultural beliefs and practices when providing contraceptive counseling.

2000 Clin Excell Nurse Pract 4;6:336-40

Noone, J.

8752227 R,T

"Patients report that providers who solicit patients' needs and preferences for involvement in decision making, who encourage family involvement, and who tailor educational efforts to the individual adult learning style of the patient engender greater patient staisfaction , adherence to recommended therapies, and improved patient outcomes with use of contraception."

1996 Obstet Gynecol 88;3 Suppl:41S-47S

Delbanco, T. L. and Daley, J.

11576569 RCT

Women given a supply of emergency contraception pills did not have unprotected intercourse more often than women given information only. Women who had the pills were twice as likely to use them if a need arose, and the information only group wished that they had been given pills also.

2001 Obstet Gynecol 98;4:570-5

Ellertson, C., Ambardekar, S., Hedley, A., Coyaji, K., Trussell, J., and Blanchard, K.

1818665 JA

14/23 women became pregnant during a trial of use of hypnosis for contraception.

1991 Homeost Health Dis 33;3:119-23; discussion 123-5

Cepicky, P., Pecena, M., Cepicka, B., Jarolimek, M., and Ferenc, R.

7777660 CT

Some women on contraceptive pills display mood changes during the pill-free period. When stressed oral contraceptive users where given a standard meal during their pill free period, they displayed decreased insulin and tryptophan levels and worsening of mood, in contrast to their time on the pill.

1995 Psychoneuroendocrinology 20;3:323-34

Tuiten, A., Panhuysen, G., Koppeschaar, H., Fekkes, D., Pijl, H., Frolich, M., Krabbe, P., and Everaerd, W.

1919544 JA

Post sterilization regret involves both individual and couple variables. The spouse who is most motivated to end childbearing tends to dominate the sterilization decision and be the one who actually agrees to undergo the surgery. The "other" spouse may have a special vulnerability to regret.

1991 J Nerv Ment Dis 179;10:602-8

Miller, W. B., Shain, R. N., and Pasta, D. J.

7787957 JA

German women requesting sterilization reversal were more likely to have been having a relationship problem at the time of the sterilization surgery, and to have a new relationship now. Sterilization performed immediately after a pregnancy led to more depressive symptoms than those done after an interval had elapsed.

1995 J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 16;1:45-50

Neuhaus, W. and Bolte, A.

10362150 JA

Post sterilization regret of US women was 20.3% in women who had been 30 or younger, and 5.9% for those over 30.

1999 Obstet Gynecol 93;6:889-95

Hillis, S. D., Marchbanks, P. A., Tylor, L. R., and Peterson, H. B.

11056229 JA

Of 11,232 US sterilized women at fifteen medical centers over 14 years, 14.3% requested information on reversal. Of this group, those aged 18-24 requested the information four times more often than the other women, and were more likely to obtain reversal regardless of number of children they had.

2000 Fertil Steril 74;5:892-8

Schmidt, J. E., Hillis, S. D., Marchbanks, P. A., Jeng, G., and Peterson, H. B.

8899257 JA

Brazilian women requesting sterilization reversal were 18 times more likely to be under 25, feel they had been less informed about the procedure, and to have known less about other contraceptive methods available.

1996 Contraception 54;3:159-62

Hardy, E., Bahamondes, L., Osis, M. J., Costa, R. G., and Faundes, A.

6800495 JA

Of 201 women followed prospectively, 18 months after sterilization 3% reported reduced sexual enjoyment, and 4.1% regret. Psychiatric morbidity remained the same pre and postop.

1982 Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 284;6314:461-4

Cooper, P., Gath, D., Rose, N., and Fieldsend, R.