Efficacy of the new TwoDay Method of family planning

Arévalo, Marcos; Jennings, Victoria; Nikula, Minna; Sinaï, Irit

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.03.040

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“…There is a tendency of current users of 14 established FABM to compare their previous methods and to use them instead of the study method. Future studies could use an online system to compare other established FABM such as the Standard Days Method or the Two Day Method, or even the older calendar-based formulas [31,32]. Another recommendation is to determine if use of hormonal fertility charting enhances the ability to achieve pregnancy among sub-fertile women.…”

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Randomized comparison of two Internet-supported fertility-awareness-based methods of family planning

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Background:The aim was to compare the efficacy and acceptability of two Internet-based fertility awareness based methods of family planning (FABM).Study Design: Six hundred and sixty-seven women and their male partners were randomized into either an electronic hormonal fertility monitor (EHFM) group or a cervical mucus monitoring (CMM) group. Both groups utilized a web site with instructions, charts, and support.Acceptability was assessed online at 1, 3, and 6 months. Pregnancy rates were determined by survival analysis. Results:The EHFM participants (N=197) had a total pregnancy rate of 7 per 100 users over 12 months of use compared with 18.5 for the CMM group (N=160). The log rank survival test showed a significant difference (p < .01) in survival functions. Mean acceptability for both groups increased significantly over time (p < .0001). Continuation rates at 12 months for the monitor group were 40.6% and the mucus group 36.6%. Conclusion:In comparison with the CMM, the EHFM method of family planning was more effective. All users had an increase in acceptability over time. Results are tempered by the high drop-out rate.

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Randomized comparison of two Internet-supported fertility-awareness-based methods of family planning

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“…Use of barriers during fertile periods reduces the overall undesired pregnancy rate with typical use of the Standard Days and TwoDays methods but also increases perfectuse pregnancies. 10,21 Conversely, studies examining symptothermal methods have shown no significant differences in method-and typical-use pregnancies with or without use of barriers while still maintaining low unintended pregnancy rates. 19,20,49 NFP methods stress that the use of barriers is abandonment of the method.…”

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“…There are no restrictions on coitus when cervical secretions meet the 2-days rule after peak fertility and until the onset of the next menstruation. 10,68 All cervical methods are theoretically compatible with cycles of any length and variable hormonal states. However, they have not been studied in depth because of the expense of following women with longer cycles and medical concerns with shorter cycles.…”

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Fertility Awareness-Based Methods: Another Option for Family Planning

Pallone

Bergus

2009

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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Fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) of family planning are methods that use physical signs and symptoms that change with hormone fluctuations throughout a woman's menstrual cycle to predict a woman's fertility. The unifying theme of FABMs is that a woman can reduce her chance of pregnancy by abstaining from coitus or using barrier methods during times of fertility. Natural family planning (NFP) is a subset of FABMs that specifically excludes concurrent use of all other forms of contraception, including barriers, as a supplement to the observation for fertile signs; pregnancy is avoided through abstinence alone.

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“…Durante estos casi 30 años han aparecido variaciones en la forma cómo se entregan las instrucciones a las usuarias y en los marcadores biológi-cos que se utilizan como información complementaria. Al énfasis original en la percepción vulvar de los síntomas de fertilidad, se le ha agregado el uso de la sensación provocada por el paso de papel higiénico en los genitales o el uso complementario de otros síntomas presentes en el perío-do fértil, como el dolor pelviano o el alza de la temperatura e incluso sistemas de detección rápi-da de niveles hormonales en orina (7)(8)(9). Sin embargo, los elementos centrales de los MNMRF han permanecido: exigen un diagnóstico del estado de fertilidad por parte de los usuarios y una adecuación de su conducta sexual de acuerdo a la intención de uso.…”

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Efectividad Clínica Del Método Mucotérmico Para Regular La Fertilidad: Resultados De Un Programa Aplicado en La Comuna De San Bernardo

Arraztoa

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Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol.

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RESUMENAntecedentes: Los métodos naturales modernos para la regulación de la fertilidad (MNMRF) son un sistema estandarizado de instrucciones que, aplicadas correctamente por la usuaria, le permiten diagnosticar con precisión los días de infertilidad y de fertilidad presentes en un ciclo menstrual. Su aplicabilidad clínica como método para regular la fertilidad ha sido ampliamente documentada. Los MNMRF permiten, a su vez, evaluar el funcionamiento endocrino gonadal de la usuaria. Objetivos: El objetivo principal fue determinar la efectividad clínica para espaciar los embarazos de los MNMRF en un programa aplicado en la comuna de San Bernardo. El objetivo secundario fue describir las características socio demográficas de las usuarias de los MNMRF. Método: Estudio de cohorte prospectivo. La intervención consistió en la instrucción modular de un método mucotérmico. Resultados: Se reportan los resultados de todas las pacientes consecutivas ingresadas al programa entre el 1° de enero de 1996 hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2003 que hayan finalizado la instrucción. Contactaron el programa 600 pacientes, de las que 389 (64,8%) comenzaron efectivamente el proceso de instrucción completándolo a la fecha de cierre de este análisis el 67,6% de ellas (263/389). La efectividad clínica, calculada con tabla de sobrevida, fue de 94,3% (IC: 86,6). Conclusiones: El método natural enseñado es altamente efectivo para espaciar o limitar los nacimientos.PALABRAS CLAVES: Planificación natural de la familia, registro de fertilidad, autodiagnóstico de fertilidad, anticonceptivos SUMMARYBackground: Modern methods of natural family planning (NFP) are a standardized educational system allowing the user couples to be aware of their fertile and infertile days throughout the menstrual cycle. Its applicability as a contraceptive method has been well documented in the literature. In addition, charting fertile and infertile days during the menstrual cycle allows the clinicians to asses the woman's reproductive endocrinology health. Objectives: The main purpose of this research was to determine the clinical efficacy

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Efficacy of the new TwoDay Method of family planning

Cited by 75 publications

References 15 publications

Randomized comparison of two Internet-supported fertility-awareness-based methods of family planning

Randomized comparison of two Internet-supported fertility-awareness-based methods of family planning

Fertility Awareness-Based Methods: Another Option for Family Planning

Efectividad Clínica Del Método Mucotérmico Para Regular La Fertilidad: Resultados De Un Programa Aplicado en La Comuna De San Bernardo

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