Reasons for discontinuation of reversible contraceptive methods by women with epilepsy.
Epilepsia
; 58(5): 907-914, 2017 05.
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| ID: mdl-28369748
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To report the reasons for discontinuation of contraceptive methods by women with epilepsy (WWE).METHODS:
These retrospective data come from a web-based survey regarding the contraceptive practices of 1,144 WWE in the community, ages 18-47 years. We determined the frequencies of contraceptive discontinuations and the reasons for discontinuation. We compared risk ratios for rates of discontinuation among contraceptive methods and categories. We used chi-square analysis to test the independence of discontinuation reasons among the various contraceptive methods and categories and when stratified by antiepileptic drug (AED) categories.RESULTS:
Nine hundred fifty-nine of 2,393 (40.6%) individual, reversible contraceptive methods were discontinued. One-half (51.8%) of the WWE who discontinued a method discontinued at least two methods. Hormonal contraception was discontinued most often (553/1,091, 50.7%) with a risk ratio of 1.94 (1.54-2.45, p < 0.0001) compared to intrauterine devices (IUDs), the category that was discontinued the least (57/227, 25.1%). Among all individual methods, the contraceptive patch was stopped most often (79.7%) and the progestin-IUD was stopped the least (20.1%). The top three reasons for discontinuation among all methods were reliability concerns (13.9%), menstrual problems (13.5%), and increased seizures (8.6%). There were significant differences among discontinuation rates and reasons when stratified by AED category for hormonal contraception but not for any other contraceptive category.SIGNIFICANCE:
Contraception counseling for WWE should consider the special experience profiles that are unique to this special population on systemic hormonal contraception.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Comportamento Contraceptivo
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Epilepsia
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Anticonvulsivantes
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article