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| Title |
Real-world experience of women using extended-cycle vs monthly-cycle combined oral contraception in the United States: the National Health and Wellness Survey
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| Published in |
BMC Women's Health, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12905-017-0508-6 |
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| Authors |
Rossella E. Nappi, Iñaki Lete, Lulu K. Lee, Natalia M. Flores, Marie-Christine Micheletti, Boxiong Tang |
| Abstract |
The real-world experience of women receiving extended-cycle combined oral contraception (COC) versus monthly-cycle COC has not been reported. Data were from the United States 2013 National Health and Wellness Survey. Eligible women (18-50 years old, premenopausal, without hysterectomy) currently using extended-cycle COC (3 months between periods) were compared with women using monthly-cycle COC. Treatment satisfaction (1 "extremely dissatisfied" to 7 "extremely satisfied"), adherence (8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale©), menstrual cycle-related symptoms, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and health state utilities (Medical Outcomes Short Form Survey-36v2®), depression (9-item Patient Health Questionnaire), sleep difficulties, Work Productivity and Activity Impairment-General Health, and healthcare resource use were assessed using one-way analyses of variance, chi-square tests, and generalized linear models (adjusted for covariates). Participants included 260 (6.7%) women using extended-cycle and 3616 (93.3%) using monthly-cycle COC. Women using extended-cycle COC reported significantly higher treatment satisfaction (P = 0.001) and adherence (P = 0.04) and reduced heavy menstrual bleeding (P = 0.029). A non-significant tendency toward reduced menstrual pain (39.5% versus 47.3%) and menstrual cycle-related symptoms (40.0% versus 48.7%) was found in women using extended-cycle versus monthly-cycle COC. Significantly more women using extended-cycle COC reported health-related diagnoses, indicating preferential prescription for extended-cycle COC among women reporting more health problems. Consistent with this poorer health, more women using extended-cycle COC reported fatigue, headache, and activity impairment (P values < 0.05). There were no other significant differences between groups. This real-world observational study supports extended-cycle COC as a valuable treatment option with high satisfaction, high adherence, and reduced heavy menstrual bleeding. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 25% |
| Spain | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 116 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 17 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 22 | 19% |
| Unknown | 46 | 40% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 12% |
| Psychology | 6 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 12% |
| Unknown | 50 | 43% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 July 2019.
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#3,143,840
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#320
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#74,005
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#16
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