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[Contraception in adolescents included in a family planning program]
M A Ruiz Jiménez1, J M Martínez Nieto, J R Fernández García
1Centro de Salud de la Ardila, San Fernando, Cádiz.
Objective:
To describe the motives of consultation, kinds of contraceptive methods and side-effects of oral contraceptives (OCs) in adolescent users of a family planning program.
Design:
Family planning program at the District Primary Care Unit, Cádiz, Spain.
Patients:
283 adolescent females who requested attendance in a family planning program from January 1993 until January 1994.
Measurements And Main Results:
A medical history of every adolescent was carried out and every patient was examined. Those who were recommended the use of OCs passed through 3 controls: at the beginning, after the 6th month and after 1 year. These controls consisted in recording sexual risk behaviours as well as several analytic tests.
Results:
Most adolescents requested the prescription of contraceptive methods (81.7% of the most prescribed and demanded methods were OCs). We found no serious side-effects after 1 year, so we can conclude that OCs are an usefull contraceptive choice for sexually active adolescents because of its security, acceptance and easy use.
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