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YEAR:

1991

CATEGORY:

Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Use-effectiveness among users of the symptothermal method of family planning.

AUTHORS

Kambic RT; Gray RH; St. Mart R; Lanctot CA; Martin MC

SOURCE

International Family Planning Perspectives. 1991 Sep;17(3):96-9.

ABSTRACT

A 1987 retrospective study examined effectiveness and continuation rates for the symptothermal method (STM) of

family planning among a group of 507 women in Mauritius who had completed a training period and were considered

to be autonomous users. Women who had been using STM to space their births and those who had been using it to

limit births were equally likely to have experienced an unplanned pregnancy after 24 months of use (12/100 women).

An additional 40 women/100 who were spacing births reported a planned pregnancy, compared with 6/100 who said

they were using the method to limit births. Continuation rates after 2 years were 51/100 for spacers and 80/100

limiters. Women who discontinued use to become pregnant were more likely to resume use than were those who

had an accidental pregnancy or who discontinued use for other reasons. (author's) (summaries in SPA, FRE)

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2030-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Use-effectiveness among users of the symptothermal

method of family planning.", is(are) Kambic RT; Gray RH; St. Mart R; Lanctot CA; Martin MC. The source of this

article is "International Family Planning Perspectives. 1991 Sep;17(3):96-9.". This article was published in 1991 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2030-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

12030

This article is peer-reviewed.

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