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AGUAS, Fernanda; BOMBAS, Teresa  y  SILVA, Daniel Pereira da. Evaluation on portuguese women contraceptive practice. Acta Obstet Ginecol Port [online]. 2016, vol.10, n.3, pp.184-192. ISSN 1646-5830.

Background: The study about evaluation of the contraceptive practices in Portugal is a cross-sectional survey that evaluated women's contraceptive choices and how they get information and advice about sexuality and contraception. Methods: Women aged between 15 and 49 years completed an anonymous questionnaire with 21 questions, which included open and closed questions on information and use of contraceptive methods. The results were analyzed and compared with the results of the survey performed in 2005 by the Portuguese Gynecology Society. Results: Information about sexuality and contraception at school is acknowledged by 70% of the younger women. For this group other sources of information about contraception are friends, 46,1% and internet 45,9%. On the other side women older than 30 years get information on contraception mainly through family doctors and gynecologists. 94% of sexuality active women use contraception, this percentage is significantly higher than the one observed in 2005, 75,4%. Contraceptive pill remains as the preferred method for Portuguese women although its use decreased from 70,4% to 58% of the women between 2005 and 2015. On the other hand the preference for methods independent from the users, long-acting reversible contraception (LARCs), has significantly increased. Women still maintain a high rate of forgetfulness for the pill and considering this fact the use of emergency contraception is still low. Use of contraception is beneficial for quali­ty of life according to 81% of women in this study. Conclusions: Portuguese women are in general well informed and get an easy access to contraceptive methods. The amount of sexually active women using contraception has increased in ten years and almost achieves 100%. Contraceptive pill is the number one choice for more than 50% of women but the use of LARCs is steadily increasing

Palabras clave : Combined oral contraceptive; Contraception; Counseling; Contraceptive practices; Sexuality.

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