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YEAR: 2004

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Failed contraception? [letter]

AUTHORS

Morroni C; Myer L; Cooper D

SOURCE

South African Medical Journal. 2004 Aug;94(8):600.

ABSTRACT

We read with interest the article by Van Bogaert regarding contraceptive use among women seeking termination of

pregnancy (TOP). Given the high burden of unwanted pregnancy in South Africa this research is of great importance.

However we take issue with the specific methodological approach and subsequent inferences that may be drawn

regarding contraceptive effectiveness. Specifically, the use of non-pregnant women attending gynaecological

outpatient services as a control group, without statistical adjustment for underlying differences that may confound

this comparison, is problematic. Despite the author's assertion that the 'demography was comparable' in the two

groups, the data presented in Tables I and II show that the controls are substantially older and have greater parity

compared with women seeking TOP. For example, almost 40% of controls were over 30 years of age, compared with

approximately 20% of women seeking TOP. While statistical methods could be used to adjust for these differences,

no such methods were employed in the study, and only unadjusted associations are reported. (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT1T 556-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Failed contraception? [letter]", is(are) Morroni C; Myer L;

Cooper D. The source of this article is "South African Medical Journal. 2004 Aug;94(8):600.". This article was

published in 2004 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 556-06. All rights reserved with

PubHealth.info) PIN: 556

This article is peer-reviewed.

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