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There was no evidence indicating that contraceptive counselling is effective in increasing acceptance and use of contraceptive methods after an abortion. This may not apply to developing countries, where the matter still needs to be investigated.

Objective To evaluate the quality of life among university students with premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Methods The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde, in Recife, Brazil, between August 2016 and July 2017. Sociodemographic, gynecological, and lifestyle variables, and PMS occurrence, were investigated among 642 students. The short form of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL Bref) questionnaire was used to evaluate four domains of the quality of life of the students: physical, mental, social relationships, and environmental. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' criteria were used to define PMS. Results Of the 642 students, 49.9% had PMS, 23.3% had mild PMS and 26.6% had premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Most of the students were between 18 and 24 years old, had regular menstrual cycles, and practiced physical activity. Regarding the physical and mental domains of the WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire, a statistically significant difference was observed between the students who did not have and those who had mild or PMDD (p < 0.001). A difference was also found between the students who did not have PMS and those who had mild PMS in the social relationships (p = 0.001) and environmental domains (p = 0.009). Conclusion Mild PMS and PMDD are prevalent among university students on health-related courses, and the syndrome can affect the students' self-assessment of all the domains of quality of life.

OBJETIVOS: determinar a prevalência de disfunções sexuais femininas em mulheres atendidas no Centro de Atenção à Mulher do Instituto Materno Infantil Prof. Fernando Figueira, IMIP, utilizando os critérios de classificação da 4ª. edição do Manual Diagnóstico e Estatístico de Transtornos Mentais. MÉTODOS: estudo transversal, cujos dados foram obtidos em formulário estruturado, aplicado durante entrevista individual com 100 mulheres com idades entre 20 e 39 anos, no período de abril a maio de 2004. Determinou-se a freqüência das disfunções sexuais femininas e sua associação com as características biológicas, demográficas e reprodutivas das mulheres, assim como sua associação com o método contraceptivo usado no momento da entrevista. RESULTADOS: a prevalência de algum tipo de disfunção sexual foi de 36%. A disfunção do orgasmo foi constatada em 18% das entrevistadas e dispareunia em 13% das mulheres no último mês anterior ao estudo. A disfunção do desejo foi relatada por 11% das mulheres, 8% tiveram disfunção da excitação e apenas 1% referiram vaginismo. Observou-se uma associação positiva estatisticamente significativa das disfunções sexuais femininas com a idade da coitarca menor que 20 anos, freqüência de apenas uma relação sexual por semana ou menos e lactação. CONCLUSÕES: os achados sugerem que diversas medidas preventivas podem impedir a ocorrência de disfunções sexuais femininas em determinado grupo de pacientes: melhorar o nível educacional da população, facilitar seu acesso à informação e aconselhamento, estimular ações preventivas de saúde e por fim investir em programas de treinamento e educação médica continuada.

Objectives:The aim of the current article was to conduct a systematic review of the performance of perineal exercises during pregnancy and their utility in the prevention of urinary incontinence. Methods: Randomized controlled studies (RCT) of a low-risk obstetric population (primiparas or nulliparas) who had done perineal exercises only during pregnancy met the inclusion criteria. Articles published between 1966 and 2007 from periodicals indexed in the LILACS, SCIELO, PubMed/MEDLINE, SCIRUS and Cochrane Library databases were selected , using the following keywords: 'urinary incontinence', 'pregnancy', 'pelvic floor' and 'exercise'. The Jadad scale was applied to assess the internal validity of the RCT and two meta-analysis: one of fixed effects and the other of random effects were carried out with data extracted from the RCT, using the Stata 9.2 statistical software and adopting a significance level of 0.05. Results: Four RCTs with high methodological quality, involving a total of 675 women were included. They indicated that perineal muscle exercise significantly reduced the development of urinary incontinence from 6 weeks to 3 months after delivery (odds ratio = 0.45; confidence interval: 0.3 to 0.66). However, when evaluating this effect during the 34th and 35th gestational week, a meta-analysis showed that the results were not significant (odds ratio = 0.13; confidence interval: 0.00 to 3.77). Conclusion: Pelvic floor muscle exercises may be effective at reducing the development of postpartum urinary incontinence, despite clinical heterogeneity among the RCT.