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YEAR: 1969

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Influence of contraceptive gestogen pills on sexual behaviour and the spread

of gonorrhoea.

AUTHORS

JUHLIN L; LIDEN S

SOURCE

British Journal of Veneral Diseases 45: 321-324. 1969.

ABSTRACT

522 patients attending the Venereal Disease Clinic of the University Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden, between

September 1967 and February 1968, were studied to determine the influence of the use of contraceptive gestogen

pills on human sexual behavior and on the possible spread of gonorrhea. The patients were diagnosed for presence

of gonorrhea and surveyed orally by a special interviewer. Mong the 250 women seen, 28.4% were university

students and 70.4% of these used oral contraceptives (OCs); 50.1% of the nonstudents used OCs. There was noted

a considerable increase in OC use over the previous year when OC use was 48% and 18%, respectively. Condom

use remained constant at 30% for both periods. The number of sexual partners and frequency of intercourse was

significantly higher among women taking pills (p less than .05) and highest in the 20-25 year age group (p less than

.01). Sexual intercourse increased 25% among all women using OCs. This increased sexual activity probably

increases the risk of gonococcal infection. 67% of the women were diagnosed with the disease and a diagnosis

was made with equal frequency among pill users as nonpill users. Evidence indicating increased susceptibility of

the mucosa to gonococcal infection with OC use was absent.(AUTHORS', MODIFIED) (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT9T 12-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Influence of contraceptive gestogen pills on sexual

behaviour and the spread of gonorrhoea.", is(are) JUHLIN L; LIDEN S. The source of this article is "British Journal

of Veneral Diseases 45: 321-324. 1969.". This article was published in 1969 in English language(s).

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