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- Title
Users like hormonal ring.
- Authors
Klilsch, Michael
- Abstract
This article presents information on family planning methods and its effectiveness. A total of 60 women in Sydney, Australia, and 90 in Los Angeles, California, were enrolled in a study intended to evaluate the ring, a donut-shaped intravaginal contraceptive device that continuously releases small doses of estrogen and progestin. Overall, 82% of the Australian women and 80% of the Los Angeles women rated the method as "good" or "very good." About one-fifth of the women reported that their partner was bothered by the device during intercourse. Fifty percent of women in each group said they felt some nausea while using the ring, usually with in the first few days of inserting it. Nausea was cited as the least-liked side effect of the device by 18% of Australians and 14% of Los Angeles women; 13% and 11%, respectively, said that insertion or removal problems were what they disliked most, while 7% and 14%, respectively, mentioned vaginal discharge. Ninety-two percent of Australian women and 89 percent of U. S. women said they would recommend the ring to others.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; LOS Angeles (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; MEDICAL equipment; FAMILIES; ESTROGEN; CONSUMER attitudes; NAUSEA
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1995, Vol 27, Issue 3, p98
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article