Contraceptive use. women's attitude study, doctors recommendation, the pharmacist's role in ensuring the rational use of contraceptives

Master thesis of R. Buikauskienė and I. Butrimaitė / thesis supervisor doc. Dr. A. Arlauskienė; Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy studies of Obstetrics and Gynecology. - Vilnius. Master Thesis: Contraceptive use. Women's attitude study, doctors recommendation, the pharmacist's role in ensuring the rational use of contraceptives. The aim of thesis: to evaluate the women's approach into contraceptive products use. The tasks: to review the methods of contraception and the eligibility criteria; to find out what kind of contraceptive methods or most acceptable for women; identify factors and medical recommendations that influence a woman to choose a method of contraception; set pharmacist providing pharmaceutical services and the importance of the quality of advice about the rational use of contraceptives. Methodology: The study was conducted in 2017, in February. Quantitative study involving 104 women of reproductive age and 121 pharmacists. The data processing computer work using Microsoft Excel package and using data collection and analysis program SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) version 20:00 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Tables created by using Microsoft Office 2010 package for Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USA). The graphs are compiled using Prism v. 5:04 (GraphPad Software Inc., La Jolla, CA, USA) The results are presented in graphs and tables. Statistical relationships used to evaluate symptoms associated chi-square (&#967;²) and t-test criteria. The data to check the statistical significance level of p, p <0.05 indicators differences were considered statistically significant. The research results and conclusions: The study showed that the preferred and most commonly used contraceptive method is the male condoms, but hormonal contraceptive pills used quite often too (p 0.05). The results also confirm that coitus interruptus is still popular in modern society. Reliable non-use of contraception to avoid unintended pregnancies forces choose emergency contraception. This statement confirms the results of studies: More than half of survey participants name the main reason of use the emergency contraceptive the unsafe sex. Women mentions that a doctor is the greatest influence in contraceptive choice, who usually inform about contraceptive product or method suitability for individual patient and provide information about the use of measures of accuracy. But the obvious importance and pharmacist consultation, because the pharmaceutical specialist advice is important for 62.7% respondents. Evaluate of information about contraception relevance observed showed that 2 times more respondents the most important information is about side effects than information about potential drug interactions (p <0.05) respectively. The most important criteria for the acceptability of contraceptives is the ease of use and a neutral effect on health. According to the pharmaceutical expert survey showed that patients in 18-25 years most often ask about contraceptive use and choices. Also in this age group acquires a majority of residents of emergency contraception. More often consulted about the contraceptive pills. Pharmaceutical experts indicate that the most important information for patients is about: the proper use of birth control mode, the side effects and what to do if you forget to take a pill. Studies showed that more experienced specialists often feel free in consultations compared with 2 years or less experienced specialists (p <0.05) in . More than half of the respondents cause discomfort customer advance online friends and receive knowledge formed attitude (p