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YEAR: 2004

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Contraceptive use in HIV-positive women.

AUTHORS

Heard I; Potard V; Costagliola D; Kazatchkine MD

SOURCE

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2004 Jun 1;36(2):714-720.

ABSTRACT

The objective was to describe contraceptive use in women with HIV infection in France over the past decade. The

study included 575 sexually active women of reproductive age, who knew the serologic status of their steady partners.

It is part of a prospective observational study initiated in 1993 that was designed to investigate the gynecologic

status of HIV-infected women. Women answered a standardized questionnaire about contraceptive use and sexual

activity at each semiannual visit. Multivariate models were used to investigate parameters associated with the use of

contraceptive methods. Contraceptive use was reported in 91% of the visits of women with an HIV-seronegative

partner and 69% of women with an HIVseropositive partner (P = 0.0001). Consistent condom use was higher in

serodiscordant couples than in seroconcordant couples (odds ratio [OR] = 6.1, 95% CI = 0.1-0.2, P < 0.001). The use

of oral contraception and intrauterine devices was higher in seroconcordant than in serodiscordant couples (OR =

2.1, 95% CI =1.5-2.9, P < 0.001). Among women with an HIV-seronegative partner, the use of oral contraception and

intrauterine devices decreased after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy in 1998 (P = 0.02) and was

higher in couples with inconsistent condom use (OR = 2.0, 95% CI = 1.3- 3.3). These data emphasize that

contraception counseling should include a discussion on reproductive issues as well as transmission of HIV and

other sexually transmitted infections, taking into account the partner's serostatus. (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT1T 514-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Contraceptive use in HIV-positive women.", is(are) Heard I;

Potard V; Costagliola D; Kazatchkine MD. The source of this article is "Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency

Syndromes. 2004 Jun 1;36(2):714-720.". This article was published in 2004 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT1T 514-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 514

This article is peer-reviewed.

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