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YEAR: 2005

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Adolescents demanding a good contraceptive: a study with standardized

patients in general practices.

AUTHORS

Peremans L; Rethans JJ; Verhoeven V; Debaene L; Van Royen P

SOURCE

Contraception. 2005;71:421-425.

ABSTRACT

To assess how Flemish general practitioners (GPs) are handling the first contraception consultation, we used

standardized patients (SPs) as the best method to assess the performance of GPs in daily practice. Thirty GPs got a

visit from one of the three SPs. Based on a validated checklist, the SPs scored the performance of GPs and they

registered the circumstances and the duration of the consultation. Twenty-eight consultations were analyzed.

General practitioners scored moderately on the content level of the consultation. Rarely, GPs asked about attitude

regarding safe sex, took gynecological history or discussed contraindications. None of the GPs took a personal

history to exclude pregnancy. The SPs received enough information about correct pill use, but there was minimal

discussion on factors associated with pill intake and interactions with other medications. Few GPs (6/28) gave a

prescription corresponding to the Flemish guidelines. The others were influenced by the pharmaceutical

representatives. The girls felt, however, very satisfied with the consultation with the GPs. (PubHealth.info Document

ID: CONT1T 56-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Adolescents demanding a good contraceptive: a study with

standardized patients in general practices.", is(are) Peremans L; Rethans JJ; Verhoeven V; Debaene L; Van

Royen P. The source of this article is "Contraception. 2005;71:421-425.". This article was published in 2005 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 56-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 56

This article is peer-reviewed.

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