Galazios G, Dafopoulos K, Koutlaki N, Liberis V, Tsikouras P, Anastasiadis P
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2002 Sep;7(3):127-31.
To investigate the differentiation in attitudes towards contraceptive pill use in two different populations in Thrace, Greece. A retrospective study on representatives of the two major religious subgroups in Thrace: 127 Orthodox Christians and 120 Muslims. The questionnaire was designed to investigate women's opinions concerning the possible beneficial and adverse effects of the contraceptive pill.
In comparison with Christians, a higher percentage of Muslims responded 'don't know' in questions about the pill's efficacy in regulating menses (p = 0.019), 'yes' concerning the inconvenience of daily uptake (p = 0.032) and the pill's contribution to nausea (p = 0.003), and 'maybe' in the question concerning the pill's contribution to depression and headaches (p < 0.001). A higher percentage of Christians responded 'yes' concerning the pill's contribution to depression and headaches, and 'don't know' concerning the pill's contribution to nausea. There were no significant differences in the responses to the remaining questions, and it was clear that most women believed that use of the pill is correlated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Muslims appeared more reluctant than Christians to use the pill as a contraceptive method. Christians seemed to be better informed about the pill's phamacological actions and beneficial effects, but both populations were unaware of current information regarding the pill's safety. There is a need to promote information about these topics in Thrace.
调查希腊色雷斯地区两个不同人群对避孕药使用态度的差异。对色雷斯地区两个主要宗教亚群体的代表进行回顾性研究：127名东正教徒和120名穆斯林。问卷旨在调查女性对避孕药可能的有益和不良影响的看法。
与基督教徒相比，更高比例的穆斯林在关于避孕药调节月经功效的问题上回答“不知道”（p = 0.019），在关于每日服用不便的问题上回答“是”（p = 0.032），在关于避孕药导致恶心的问题上回答“是”（p = 0.003），在关于避孕药导致抑郁和头痛的问题上回答“也许”（p < 0.001）。更高比例的基督教徒在关于避孕药导致抑郁和头痛的问题上回答“是”，在关于避孕药导致恶心的问题上回答“不知道”。在对其余问题的回答上没有显著差异，并且很明显大多数女性认为服用避孕药与心血管疾病和癌症风险增加相关。
穆斯林似乎比基督教徒更不愿意将避孕药作为避孕方法使用。基督教徒似乎对避孕药的药理作用和有益效果了解得更好，但两个群体都不了解关于避孕药安全性的当前信息。在色雷斯地区有必要推广关于这些主题的信息。
