BMJ 1995;311:1637 (16 December)

Letters

Scare over oral contraceptives

Effect on behaviour of women attending a family planning clinic

EDITOR,--The Department of Health's recent press release concerning the safety of some third generation contraceptive pills has important consequences for women using oral contraception.1 To document their views and any change in behaviour of women taking the contraceptive pill after this warning, a survey was carried out at a large family planning clinic.

After the announcement a telephone helpline was established at the clinic. This took 2348 calls on the first seven days, and the number of attendances rose from an expected 700 to 2029 in that week. One week later a piloted questionnaire was given to a representative sample of women before consultation over six days. A response rate of 71% was obtained (n=274). The age range was 14-54, with 50 women under 20 and 58 over 30. The table gives the women's views. Those who were and those . . . [Full text of this article]


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