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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Diabetes mellitus: epidemiological study on fertility, contraception and

sterility. [Diabetes mellitus -- Epidemiologische Studie zu Fertilitat,

Kontrazeption und Sterilitat.]

AUTHORS

Briese V; Muller H

SOURCE

GEBURTSHILFE UND FRAUENHEILKUNDE. 1995 May;55(5):270-4.

ABSTRACT

In a retrospective analysis, data on 672 female patients with diabetes mellitus, 17-42 years old (average age 29.9

years), were collected by means of a questionnaire mailed out to patients and treating doctors during 1989-90 at the

Department of Gynecology of the University of Rostock, Germany. The mean manifestation age of diabetes was 19.9

years (minimum l and maximum 38). 72.39% of the patients were treated with insulin. 35.86% of the patients had

given birth successfully. Among 667 patients only 1 of 10 diabetics delivered more than once after diabetes had

become manifest. Among those women who had an unfulfilled desire to have a child, the age of manifestation of

diabetes was significantly less than among those who had given birth (p = 0.000); whereas duration of diabetes had

no significant influence on fertility (p = 0.963). The degree of severity of diabetes, which was reflected in the daily

insulin dose required, also significantly impaired the chances of fertility (p = 0.0001). Among 644 patients habitual

abortion (more than 2 abortions) was found in 4 patients (0.62%) and in 3 (1.64%) of 183 nulliparous patients. 425

patients of 662 evaluated used contraception (64.2%). 32.8% used hormonal contraceptives, 18.6% used the IUD,

1.8% used natural family planning, 11.0% had undergone tubal sterilization or hysterectomy, and the rest (35.8%)

used no contraception. 47% of the oral contraceptives used contained a reduced estrogen dose (30 mcg estradiol).

32.52% of 123 patients had worn the IUD longer than 5 years. 69 (10.44%) of diabetic patients had undergone tubal

sterilization; in 51 cases before the age of 30 years. The desire to have a child was evaluated in 660 patients. At the

time of the study, 126 (19.1%) of the patients tried to get pregnant: 25 of these for more than 2 years. Contraceptive

methods should be selected carefully. Diabetic patients who fail to get pregnant when desired should be referred

early to a center for reproductive medicine. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2537-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Diabetes mellitus: epidemiological study on fertility,

contraception and sterility. [Diabetes mellitus -- Epidemiologische Studie zu Fertilitat, Kontrazeption und Sterilitat.]",

is(are) Briese V; Muller H. The source of this article is "GEBURTSHILFE UND FRAUENHEILKUNDE. 1995

May;55(5):270-4.". This article was published in 1995 in German language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 2537-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7537

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