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Acceptability of Norplant-2 rods as a method of family planning
K Singh1, O A Viegas, S S Ratnam
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Contraception
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
The Norplant-2 rod system consists of two silastic rods in which levonogestrel has been incorporated with the polymer. The continuation rate at the end of five year was 62%. No accidental pregnancies occurred throughout the five years of use. The post-removal conception rate in women desiring pregnancy was 70.8% at the end of two years. The majority of acceptors were happy with the rods and 86.8% expressed the desire to have another set of implants inserted following removal of the first set. The study shows the Norplant-2 rod system to be a well accepted method of family planning.
Keywords:
Acceptors--womenAsiaClinical ResearchContraceptionContraception ContinuationContraceptive AgentsContraceptive Agents, FemaleContraceptive Agents, ProgestinContraceptive EffectivenessContraceptive ImplantsContraceptive MethodsContraceptive UsageDemographic FactorsDeveloping CountriesDiseasesFamily PlanningFamily Planning ProgramsFertilityFertility MeasurementsFollow-up StudiesLevonorgestrelMenstruation DisordersMethod AcceptabilityMethodological StudiesPopulationPopulation DynamicsPregnancy RateProspective StudiesResearch MethodologySingaporeSoutheastern AsiaStudies