Emergency Contraception - User's Profile

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland729 enrolled

Overview

Retrospective analysis of requests of emergency hormonal contraception using pharmacy protocols registered in 2003 and 2006.

In 2002, Levonorgestrel was introduced in Switzerland for emergency hormonal contraception (EC) without prescription ('pharmacist only'). In 2003, a first analysis of requests of EC showed that the dispensing of EC through pharmacies could successfully be implemented (Lemke et al 2004). This study was repeated three years later with the aim to explore whether the user's profile has changed after introduction of a low threshold access to EC.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

729

Conditions

Postcoital Contraception

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * women seaking emergency hormonal contraception Exclusion Criteria: \-

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Sexual and protective behaviour

questions of interest: "Did you forget to take the pill?", "Did you have any other unprotected sexual intercourse since your last period?" and "Have you ever taken the "morning-after pill" before?"

Time frame: 2 years

Secondary Outcomes

elapsed hours since unprotected intercourse

Time frame: 1 month

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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