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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Time required for a healthy couple to achieve conception, contraceptive

behavior, and rate of preceding infertility therapy. An epidemiologic study

of 750 consecutive patients in labor at the Oldenburg Gynecologic Clinic

using a structured interview. [Kinderwunschdauer, kontrazeptives Verhalten

und Rate vorausgegangener Infertilitatsbehandlungen. Eine epidemiologische

Untersuchung bei 750 konsekutiv erfassten Wochnerinnen der Oldenburger

Frauenklinik durch strukturiertes Interview.]

AUTHORS

Knuth UA; Muhlenstedt D

SOURCE

GEBURTSHILFE UND FRAUENHEILKUNDE. 1991 Sep;51(9):678-84.

ABSTRACT

In order to gain current information concerning how long it takes for a healthy couple to conceive a child, as well as

previous contraceptive behavior and prior infertility treatment, 750 women were interviewed within 7 days after delivery

between January-November 1989 with the use of a standardized questionnaire. This sample represented 1/3 of all

patients who delivered a child in an Oldenburg, Germany hospital during the above mentioned time period. 544

women desired a pregnancy, an additional 206 had not directly planned a pregnancy, and 73 had taken no

precautions against conception. 133 women called their pregnancies an "accident., which occurred in 87 cases

although contraception was used. The absolute number of contraceptive failures was highest for timed intercourse

(n=38) and for users of oral contraceptives (n=32). Couples without a history of infertility treatment had to wait an

average of 3.4 months before conceiving (95% confidence limit: 3.1-3.8 months). The mean age of the women in

this group was 28.1 +or- .2 years, whereas, on an average, their male partners were 30.9 +or- .2 years of age. The

likelihood of achieving a pregnancy within the 1st 4 months of trying varied between 13-15%/month. After 6 months

of waiting, the pregnancy rate-cycle was reduced to 6%, whereas, after 1 year, the likelihood for conception was only

1%. 1/2 of all couples desiring a pregnancy achieved 1 within 4 months. After 1 year of unprotected intercourse,

87% of planned pregnancies had occurred. Among all patients interviewed, 9.9% (74 couples) had seen a physician

because of infertility problems; in only 48% of these cases, both the male and female partner were investigated

simultaneously. Data presented suggest that after 6 months of unprotected intercourse, diagnostic infertility

procedures should be begun in couples who desire a pregnancy. (summaries in GER, ENG) (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT3T 2028-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Time required for a healthy couple to achieve conception,

contraceptive behavior, and rate of preceding infertility therapy. An epidemiologic study of 750 consecutive patients

in labor at the Oldenburg Gynecologic Clinic using a structured interview. [Kinderwunschdauer, kontrazeptives

Verhalten und Rate vorausgegangener Infertilitatsbehandlungen. Eine epidemiologische Untersuchung bei 750

konsekutiv erfassten Wochnerinnen der Oldenburger Frauenklinik durch strukturiertes Interview.]", is(are) Knuth UA;

Muhlenstedt D. The source of this article is "GEBURTSHILFE UND FRAUENHEILKUNDE. 1991 Sep;51(9):678-84.".

This article was published in 1991 in German language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2028-06. All

rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12028

This article is peer-reviewed.

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