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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family-planning risk-scoring system: updated.

AUTHORS

Spellacy WN

SOURCE

FERTILITY AND STERILITY. 1991 Apr;55(4):828-9.

ABSTRACT

A 1-page check-off form that can be used to evaluate a woman's risk factors for oral contraceptives, IUD or diaphragm

and spermicide, and provide a permanent health record of the evaluation, has been revised to reflect lower-dose pills

and new information. Each risk factor is assigned points in columns under each contraceptive method, so that a

score of 10 suggests that a contraindication may exist against that method. Some of the changes for orals are lower

scores for age >40, unless other risk factors co-exist, especially smoking. Liver disease, hepatitis and gall bladder

disease were eliminated, but liver tumors, endometrial cancer and cholestatic jaundice of pregnancy were each

given 10 points. Scores were altered slightly for chloasma, hemoglobinopathies, hypertension and diabetes. Scores

for the diaphragm were lowered for pelvic relaxation risk but 5 points were introduced for history of urinary tract

infection. For IUDs, multiple sexual partners and abnormal bleeding are added as risks. (PubHealth.info Document

ID: CONT3T 2505-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family-planning risk-scoring system: updated.", is(are)

Spellacy WN. The source of this article is "FERTILITY AND STERILITY. 1991 Apr;55(4):828-9.". This article was

published in 1991 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2505-06. All rights reserved with

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