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Table 2 Reasons for choosing the contraception method

From: Sexual function and metabolic/hormonal changes in women using long-term hormonal and non-hormonal contraceptives: a pilot study

 

Total

(n = 80)

LNG (n = 22)

ENG

(n = 17)

CuIUD

(n = 18)

SIUD

(n = 23)

P-value

It's the most effective method (quite/extremely important)

78

(97.5%)

21 (95.5%)

17

(100%)

17

(94.4%)

23

(100%)

0.567

It doesn't reduce my libido

(quite/extremely important)

75

(93.6%)

19

(86.4%)

17

(100%)

17

(94.4%)

22

(95.7%)

0.353

It doesn't interrupt sex

(quite/extremely important)

67

(83.8%)

16

(72.7%)

14

(82.4%)

16

(88.9%)

21

(91.3%)

0.075

It is acceptable to my partner

(quite/extremely important)

41

(51.2%)

16

(72.7%)

12

(70.6%)

12

(66.7%)

12

(51.2%)

0.489

It doesn't contain hormones

(quite/extremely important)

57

(71.3%)

11

(50%)

7*‡

(41.2%)

17‡

(94.4%)

23*

(100%)

 < 0.001

It's recommended by my friends

(quite/extremely important)

39

(48.8%)

13

(59.1%)

7

(41.2%)

9

(50%)

10

(45.5%)

0.711

It's in line with my religious beliefs

(quite/extremely important)

22

(30.4%)

9

(40.9%)

4

(23.5%)

2

(11.1%)

7

(30.4%)

0.145

  1. LNG levonorgestrel intrauterine system, ENG etonogestrel-releasing implant, CuIUD copper intrauterine device, SIUD silver intrauterine device. The p-values refer to the binary logistic model, and the symbols ‡ and * indicate the pairs in which they differ