Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: Women attending regional public healthcare clinics for non-gynecologic conditions, and female members of staff from university schools unrelated to the field of medicine completed a questionnaire. RESULTS: Of the 1111 women interviewed, 64.3% reported disliking menstruation. The desired frequency of bleeding was never (65.3%), less than monthly (18.2%), and every month or more often (16.5%). More than 60% of the women reported that they would use COCs to control menstrual bleeding, 82.0% would use COCs to reduce the amount of bleeding experienced, and 86.1% would use COCs to induce amenorrhea. When compared with women who disliked menstruation, those who reported that they liked to experience monthly bleeding had fewer years of schooling (OR1.98; 95% CI, 1.30-2.97), low socioeconomic status (OR 1.66; 95% CI, 1.12-2.46), fewer days of menstruation each month (OR 1.62; 95% CI, 1.11-2.36), and 1 or more child (OR 1.13; 95% CI, 1.01-1.26). CONCLUSION: Many of the women surveyed disliked monthly menstruation and were interested in the use of COCs to control menstrual bleeding and induce amenorrhea.
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Authors | Maria Y Makuch, Maria J Duarte-Osis, Karla S de Pádua, Carlos Petta, Luis Bahamondes |
Journal | International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
(Int J Gynaecol Obstet)
Vol. 117
Issue 1
Pg. 5-9
(Apr 2012)
ISSN: 1879-3479 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 22285856
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2012 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- Contraceptives, Oral, Combined
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Amenorrhea
(chemically induced)
- Brazil
- Contraception Behavior
(psychology)
- Contraceptives, Oral, Combined
(therapeutic use)
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Educational Status
- Female
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Humans
- Menstruation
(psychology)
- Parity
- Premenstrual Syndrome
(psychology)
- Social Class
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Young Adult
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