ArticleBMC public health2024
Gap in knowledge of health benefits and risks of combined oral contraceptives among Lebanese women.
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- Health insurance coverages and demand for modern contraceptive choices among reproductive-age women in Thailand.Health economics review · 2026Article
- Limited method choice, contraceptives access and use during Lebanon's political-economic crisis: a mixed-methods, longitudinal study.Conflict and health · 2025Article
- Oral contraceptive use and its sociocultural determinants in Iranian women: a secondary cross-sectional analysis from the PARS cohort study.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2025Article
- Understanding women from ethnic minorities' perspectives about contraception in the UK: a qualitative study using a participatory action research approach with community research link workers.BMJ sexual & reproductive health · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Lebanese women toward the use of oral contraceptive pills.BMC women's health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundOral Contraceptive Pills (OCPs) are among the most commonly used forms of contraception, but they are associated with several health benefits and risks. This study aims to determine the gap in knowledge of the underlying health benefits and risks of OCPs among Lebanese women and to identify the factors that might influence their beliefs.
methodsA questionnaire was completed by 817 Lebanese women aged 18-64 years old and assessed sociodemographic details, medical information, contraceptive practices, knowledge of underlying health benefits and risks, and information needs related to OCPs.
resultsAmong the total participants, 41.5% of women reported using OCPs at some point in their lives yet 46.6% denied receiving information about their benefits and 48% denied receiving information about their risks. The mean total OCP knowledge score was 5.70 out of 25, the mean OCP risk knowledge score was 4.09 out of 15, and the mean OCP benefit knowledge score was 0.77 out of 6. Sociodemographic factors associated with greater total knowledge, risk knowledge and benefit knowledge included OCP usage, being a student, confidence in one's knowledge and satisfaction with one's information. Both the total and risk knowledge scores were found to be higher in women who found that receiving information related to OCPs was important. Finally, participants who lived in central governates had greater total knowledge scores, whereas those with higher levels of education and a family history of endometrial cancer demonstrated better benefit knowledge.
conclusionsThis study highlighted the poor knowledge of health benefits and risks associated with OCP use among Lebanese women and the associated sociodemographic factors that might influence their beliefs.
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