Women's knowledge of health effects of oral contraceptives in five Brazilian cities

Machado, Rogério Bonassi; Melo, Nilson Roberto de; Prota, Francisco Eduardo; Lopes, Gerson Pereira; Megale, Alexandre

doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2012.05.016

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“…Previous studies showed that the OTC availability of OCPs is more desirable for women3,9,33 because it could be more convenient and more cost effective, could reduce unintended pregnancies, and could improve OCPs continuation 8,34. The researchers of the present study believe that it can be rational to sell OCPs as OTC drugs, but the counselling practice of community pharmacists must be improved.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…On the other hand, in some countries, OCPs are available as over-the-counter (OTC); thus it is necessary for women to have adequate knowledge about these drugs 9. However, the priority of each of the above is controversial 3.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Generally, because of the fact that pharmacists are the last health professionals that patients meet, they have a vital role in educating the patients. Pharmacists must assure that OCPs users have enough information about OCPs especially in OTC access9, but this responsibility of pharmacists has not been taken perfectly in some countries. Some studies reported that the quality of pharmacists’ consultations regarding the use of OCPs was not good enough and required improvement 3,10…”

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Evaluating the practice of Iranian community pharmacists regarding oral contraceptive pills using simulated patients

Foroutan

Dabaghzadeh

2016

Pharm Pract (Granada)

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Background:As oral contraceptive pills are available over the counter in pharmacies, pharmacists are professionally responsible for checking and informing patients about every aspect of taking these drugs. Simulated patient method is a new and robust way to evaluate professional performance of pharmacists.Objective:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the pharmacy practice of Iranian pharmacists regarding over-the-counter use of oral contraceptive pills using simulated patient method.Methods:Simulated patients visited pharmacy with a prescription containing ciprofloxacin and asked for oral contraceptive pills. The pharmacist was expected to ask important questions for using these drugs and to inform the patient about them properly. Moreover, the Pharmacists should advise patients in regard to the possible interaction.Results:Ninety four pharmacists participated in this study. In 24 (25.3%) visits, the liable pharmacist was not present at the time of purchase. Furthermore, In 13 (18.57 %) visits by the simulated patients, the liable pharmacists did not pay any attention to the simulated patients even when they asked for consultation. Twenty nine (41.43%) pharmacists did not ask any question during dispensing. Nausea was the most frequent described side effect by pharmacists (27 (38.57%)). Yet important adverse effects of oral contraceptive pills were not mentioned by the pharmacists except for few ones. Only twelve (17.14%) pharmacists mentioned the possible interaction. There was a significant relation between the pharmacists’ gender and detection of possible interaction (p value= 0.048).Conclusion:The quality of the pharmacists’ consultations regarding the over the counter use of oral contraceptive pills was not satisfactory and required improvement.

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confidence: 77%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Evaluating the practice of Iranian community pharmacists regarding oral contraceptive pills using simulated patients

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Dabaghzadeh

2016

Pharm Pract (Granada)

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“…The OCP, when used correctly and continuously, give the woman effective and safe control of her fertility 11 , 21 . On the other hand, an online survey conducted in eight countries showed discontinuation rate of use of the method of 81%, mostly due to the adverse effects of the medicine (57%) 8 .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This can lead to adverse health effects. A recent study assessed the knowledge of women on the effects of OCP on their health in five Brazilian cities and showed that users know little about the contraceptive method they are using 11 .…”

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Factors associated with the contraindicated use of oral contraceptives in Brazil

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OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of the contraindicated use of oral contraceptives and the associated factors in Brazilian women.METHODS 20,454 women who answered the VIGITEL survey in 2008 also participated in this study, of which 3,985 reported using oral contraceptives. We defined the following conditions for the contraindicated use of contraceptives: hypertension; cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack, stroke/cerebrovascular accident; diabetes mellitus; being smoker and 35 years old or older. We estimated the prevalence and 95% confidence intervals of contraindicated use in users of oral contraceptives and the factors associated with contraindication by prevalence ratio and 95% confidence intervals.RESULTS In the total population, 21% (95%CI 19.7–21.9) of women showed some contraindication to the use of oral contraceptives, of which 11.7% (95%CI 10.6–13.7) belonged to the group of users of oral contraceptives. The most frequent contraindication in users of oral contraceptives was hypertension (9.1%). The largest proportion of women with at least one contraindication was aged between 45 and 49 years (45.8%) and with education level between zero and eight years (23.8%). The prevalence of contraindication to oral contraceptives was higher in women less educated (zero to eight years of study) (PR = 2.46; 95%CI 1.57–3.86; p < 0.05) and with age between 35-44 years (PR = 4.00; 95%CI 2.34–6.83) and 45-49 years (PR = 5.59; 95%CI 2.90–10.75).CONCLUSIONS Age greater than or equal to 35 and low education level were demographic and iniquity factors, respectively, in the contraindicated use of oral contraceptives.

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Update on Hormonal Contraception and Obesity

Pocius

Dutton

2015

Curr Obstet Gynecol Rep

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Women's knowledge of health effects of oral contraceptives in five Brazilian cities

Cited by 14 publications

References 19 publications

Evaluating the practice of Iranian community pharmacists regarding oral contraceptive pills using simulated patients

Evaluating the practice of Iranian community pharmacists regarding oral contraceptive pills using simulated patients

Factors associated with the contraindicated use of oral contraceptives in Brazil

Update on Hormonal Contraception and Obesity

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