Trial reportPerspectives on sexual and reproductive health2011
A study of physician recommendations for reversible contraceptive methods using standardized patients.
Trial report in Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Health workers' values and preferences regarding contraceptive methods globally: A systematic review.Contraception · 2022Pooled it
- Provider and lay perspectives on intra-uterine contraception: a global review.Reproductive health · 2017Pooled it
- Perceived abortion stigma and psychological well-being over five years after receiving or being denied an abortion.PloS one · 2020Article
- Development of a brief questionnaire to assess contraceptive intent.Patient education and counseling · 2015Article
- Prevalence of prescription medication use among non-pregnant women of childbearing age and pregnant women in the United States: NHANES, 1999-2006.Maternal and child health journal · 2015Article
- Counseling about IUDs: a mixed-methods analysis.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2014Article
- Agreement between Self-Reported "Ideal" and Currently Used Contraceptive Methods among Women Veterans Using the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
contextHealth care providers may influence patients' choice of contraceptive method, yet little is known about the recommendations they make to their patients.
methodsIn 2007-2008, a total of 468 physicians at four family medicine and obstetrics and gynecology meetings were randomly assigned to view one of 18 videos of a patient seeking contraceptive advice; the patients were standardized for most relevant behaviors and characteristics, but differed by race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status and gynecologic history. Participants provided their demographic and practice characteristics and completed a survey about their contraceptive recommendations for the patient. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify associations between physician characteristics and recommendations for specific contraceptive methods.
resultsThe most frequently recommended methods were the pill (89%) and ring (80%), followed by the levonor-gestrel IUD (64%), patch (56%), injectable (49%) and copper IUD (45%). Oral contraceptives were more likely to be recommended by private practice physicians than by academic physicians (odds ratio, 2.9). Recommendations for the ring were less common among family physicians and those 56 or older than among obstetrician-gynecologists and those 35 or younger (0.6 and 0.3, respectively), and more common among physicians in private practice than among those in academia (2.4). The patch and injectable were more commonly recommended by family physicians than by obstetrician-gynecologists (2.6 and 2.5, respectively). Both IUD types were recommended less often by physicians 36 or older than by younger ones (0.2-0.5). DISCUSSION: The advice women receive about contraception may vary according to the characteristics of their provider. Research on the reasons for these differences is needed.
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