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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Contraceptive efficacy, compliance and beyond: Factors related to satisfaction with once-weekly transdermal compared with oral contraception
European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Volume 121, No. 2, Year 2005
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Description
Objective: To investigate contraceptive efficacy, compliance and user's satisfaction with transdermal versus oral contraception (OC). Study design: Randomized, open-label, parallel-group trial conducted at 65 centers in Europe and South Africa. One thousand four hundred and eighty-nine women received a contraceptive patch (n = 846) or an OC (n = 643) for 6 or 13 cycles. Results: Overall/method-failure Pearl Indices were 0.88/0.66 with the patch and 0.56/0.28 with the OC (p = n.s.). Compliance was higher at all age groups with the patch compared to the OC. Significantly more users were very satisfied with the contraceptive patch than with the OC. The percentage of patch users being very satisfied increased with age whereas it did not in the OC group. Likewise, improvements of premenstrual symptoms as well as emotional and physical well-being increased with age in the patch-group in contrast to the OC group. Ratings of satisfaction with the study medication correlated weakly with emotional (r = 0.33) and physical well-being (r = 0.39) as well as premenstrual symptoms (r = 0.30; p < 0.001). Conclusion: Contraceptive efficacy of the patch is comparable to OC, but compliance is consistently better at all age groups. Higher satisfaction with the patch at increasing age may be attributed to improvements in emotional and physical well-being as well as reduction of premenstrual symptoms. © 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Urdl, Wolfgang
Austria, Graz
Universität Graz
Apter, Dan
Finland, Helsinki
Vaestoliitto
Alperstein, Alan L.
South Africa, Observatory
Groote Schuur Hospital
Koll, Peter
South Africa, Bryanston
Sandton Medi-clinic
Schönian, Siegfried
Germany, Rheinstetten
Praxis Für Frauenheilkunde
Bringer, Jacques
France, Montpellier
Hopital Lapeyronie
Fisher, Alan C.
United States, Raritan
Ortho-mcneil Pharmaceutical Incorporated
Preik, Michael
Germany, Neuss
Janssen-cilag
Freude, G.
Unknown Affiliation
Kittl, H.
Unknown Affiliation
Staudach, A.
Unknown Affiliation
Amy, J. J.
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Degueldre, Michel
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Dhont, Marc A.
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Van-Assche, Frans André
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Ågren, U.
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Apter, D.
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Granfors, E.
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Järvi, T.
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Polvi, H.
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Sipilä, P.
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Telimaa, S.
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Varila, Eero
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Body, Gilles
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Chaix-Durand, G.
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Hédon, Bernard
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Meyer, J. L.
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Quéreux, Christian
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Sailly, F.
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Signon, E.
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Tournaire, M.
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Greven, K.
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Klopfer, R.
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Kohoutek, U.
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Koos, L.
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Schöpp, R.
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Stahmer, K.
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Weidenhammer, H. G.
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Borsos, A.
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Kovács, László G.
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Papp, Z.
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Rákóczi, I.
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Friese, S.
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Helmerhorst, Frans M.
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Kroeks, M. V.A.M.
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Pennings, A.
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Pijpers, L.
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Roumen, Frans J.M.E.
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Schram, J.
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Van Weering, H. K.
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Malarewicz, A.
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Radowicki, S.
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Rozewicki, S.
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Skalba, P.
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Szamatowicz, M.
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Warenik, A.
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Baker, Jay M.
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Cronjé, H. S.
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Hulme, Victor A.
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Katzeff, T.
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Moodley, Jagidesa M.
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Odendaal, H. C.
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Reynders, L.
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Tsalacopoulos, George
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van der Spuy, Zephne M.
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Campana, Aldo
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Germond, M.
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Statistics
Citations: 87
Authors: 67
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ejogrb.2005.01.021
ISSN:
03012115
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Female