What matters most? The content and concordance of patients' and providers' information priorities for contraceptive decision making

Do Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Intrauterine Devices Predict Interest in Their Use?

“…A 2014 study of women and providers found that while the two groups' information priorities overlapped considerably, important differences existed. For example, women desired information about safety and side effects, while providers prioritized mode of use and frequency of method administration (Donnelly, Foster, & Thompson, 2014). For women who find characteristics of the IUD attractive but are uncertain about using this method in the future, engaged and interactive contraceptive counseling that addresses 9 women's concerns and contextual factors, such as relationship status or pregnancy ambivalence, provides an opportunity to provide patient-centered family planning care (Dehlendorf, Kimport, Levy, & Steinauer, 2014).…”

Informed choice in family planning: what do women want to know?

“…We read with interest the paper from Donnelly et al about patients' and providers' information priorities for contraceptive decision making [1]. Although the study was conducted in a convenience sample, it highlights the importance of patient-centered contraceptive counseling because providers and women have different priorities sometimes.…”

‘You Will Have These Ones!’: Six Women’s Experiences of Being Pressured to Make a Contraceptive Choice That Did Not Feel Right

“…International research (e.g., Dehlendorf et al 2017), as well as midwife advisory literature (Kaplan 2009), also emphasises that caregivers should provide opportunities to discuss the client's requests, and enable the establishment of trust in the caregiver. Several studies further point to a connection between women's consistency of use and how they perceived the counselling given (Dehlendorf et al 2013;Donnelly et al 2014;Sköld and Larsson 2012). Caregivers could, in other words, have a very large influence on the contraceptive choice made, as well as the consistency of contraceptive use.…”

“…These questions have not yet been studied extensively, and studies have focused even less on women's negative experiences of contraceptive consultations and the potential consequences of these experiences. Donnelly et al (2014) argue that it is essential to study how women are affected by low-quality consultations and counselling, especially as this may hinder their capacity to make an informed choice, which, in turn, could end in inconsistent use or ceasing contraceptive use completely. Furthermore, several studies (e.g., Donnelly et al 2014;Higgins et al 2016) have found that it is not unusual that outdated or erroneous information about contraceptives from their caregivers.…”