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YEAR: 2004

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Efficacy of the new TwoDay Method of family planning.

AUTHORS

Arévalo M; Jennings V; Nikula M; Sinai I

SOURCE

Fertility and Sterility. 2004 Oct;82(4):885-892.

ABSTRACT

The objective was tp test the efficacy of the TwoDay Method, a new fertility awareness- based method of family

planning that provides women with simple instructions to identify the days each cycle when they are most likely to

become pregnant. Users avoid unprotected intercourse on days when cervical secretions are present on that day or

on the day before, to prevent pregnancy. Design: Prospective, nonrandomized, multicenter study. Setting: Five

culturally diverse sites in Guatemala, Peru, and the Philippines. Patient(s): Four hundred fifty women, aged 18-39

years, wishing to use a fertility awareness- based method to prevent or delay pregnancy. Study participants were

followed for up to 13 cycles of method use. Main Outcome Measure(s): Life table pregnancy rate. The first-year

pregnancy rate was 3.5 (pregnancies per 100 women/years) with correct use of the method (pregnancies and cycles

with no intercourse on identified fertile days), 6.3 with use of a backup method on the fertile days, and 13.7 including

all cycles and all pregnancies in the analysis. The Two-Day Method offers a valuable addition to the services that

reproductive health and other programs can offer. Its efficacy compares well with that of other coitus-dependent

family-planning methods; it is easy to teach, learn, and use; and it can address the need of women for simple,

accurate instructions for identifying their fertile days. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 540-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Efficacy of the new TwoDay Method of family planning.",

is(are) Arévalo M; Jennings V; Nikula M; Sinai I. The source of this article is "Fertility and Sterility. 2004

Oct;82(4):885-892.". This article was published in 2004 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT1T 540-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 540

This article is peer-reviewed.

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