愿意使用荷尔蒙避孕与知识的关联:一项全国调查
Kathleen M Beardsworth1, Bharti Garg1, Blair G Darney1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States.
Contraception
|January 25, 2025
概括
愿意使用荷尔蒙避孕药 (HC) 的女性表现出对其使用和效果的更多知识. 许多女性表达了担忧,强调需要明确关于HC副作用和风险的信息.
科学领域:
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 避孕研究研究 避孕研究
- 卫生知识评估健康知识评估
背景情况:
- 了解影响避孕选择的因素对于生殖健康至关重要.
- 荷尔蒙避孕 (HC) 是一种广泛使用的方法,但用户仍然存在担忧和知识差距.
研究的目的:
- 调查使用意愿和对荷尔蒙避孕药 (HC) 的担忧之间的关联,以及关于HC的知识水平.
- 确定影响HC采用和持续使用的特定知识差距和问题.
主要方法:
- 一项在线横截面调查对1041名18岁及以上的美国女性进行.
- 评估了参与者对HC的知识,并评估了他们的使用意愿和担忧 (身体,情绪,并发症).
- 使用双变量测试和多变量逻辑回归来分析HC愿意/关注和知识之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 在愿意使用HC和更高的知识水平之间发现了显著的关联.
- 愿意使用HC的女性,即使有担忧,与不愿意使用HC的女性相比,表现出更大的知识.
- 超过80%的参与者表示对HC的担忧,显著的比例表示对并发症的担忧.
结论:
- 使用荷尔蒙避孕药的意愿与提高对其有效性和安全性的知识有积极的相关性.
- 在不愿使用HC的女性中,存在重大知识差距,特别是关于副作用和并发症风险的知识差距.
- 医疗保健提供者应解决错误信息,并提供准确的信息,以支持有关HC的知情决策.
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