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Women's attitudes towards mechanisms of action of birth control methods: a cross‐sectional study in five European countries

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  • Cristina Lopez‐del Burgo
  • Rafael T Mikolajczyk
  • Alfonso Osorio
  • Tania Errasti
  • Jokin de Irala

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Aims and objectives To assess women's attitudes towards the mechanisms of action of birth control methods. Background When addressing women's knowledge of and attitudes towards birth control methods, researchers frequently focus on side effects, effectiveness or correct use. Women's opinions about mechanisms of action have been much less investigated, and research is usually concentrated on the EC pill. Design Cross‐sectional study. Methods Women, aged 18–49, from Germany, France, the UK, Sweden and Romania were randomly selected (n = 1137). They were asked whether they would use a method that may work after fertilisation or after implantation and whether they would continue using it after learning it may have such effects. Logistic regression was performed to evaluate the influence of certain characteristics on women's attitudes. Results Almost half of women in Romania and Germany would not use methods with postfertilisation effects, while the lowest percentages were found in Sweden and in France. Regarding methods with postimplantation effects, higher percentages were found in all the countries. Highly educated women and those using a highly effective method were more likely to use methods with postfertilisation effects. On the contrary, married women, those who stated that human life begins at fertilisation and women with middle/high religiosity were less likely to consider using methods that may act after fertilisation. Conclusions One‐third of European women reported that they would not consider using a method that may have postfertilisation effects. Relevance to clinical practice Given that postfertilisation effects may not be acceptable to some women, informing them of which methods may have these effects is essential to obtaining complete informed consent and to promoting women's autonomy.

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  • Cristina Lopez‐del Burgo & Rafael T Mikolajczyk & Alfonso Osorio & Tania Errasti & Jokin de Irala, 2013. "Women's attitudes towards mechanisms of action of birth control methods: a cross‐sectional study in five European countries," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 22(21-22), pages 3006-3015, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:22:y:2013:i:21-22:p:3006-3015
    DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12180
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