Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon, Level 4, Office 4702, Byblos, P.O. Box 36, Lebanon.
INSPECT-LB (Institut National de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie-Liban), Beirut, Lebanon.
BMC Public Health. 2024 Jan 2;24(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17439-0.
Oral Contraceptive Pills (OCPs) are among the most commonly used forms of contraception, but they are associated with several health benefits and risks. This study aims to determine the gap in knowledge of the underlying health benefits and risks of OCPs among Lebanese women and to identify the factors that might influence their beliefs.
A questionnaire was completed by 817 Lebanese women aged 18-64 years old and assessed sociodemographic details, medical information, contraceptive practices, knowledge of underlying health benefits and risks, and information needs related to OCPs.
Among the total participants, 41.5% of women reported using OCPs at some point in their lives yet 46.6% denied receiving information about their benefits and 48% denied receiving information about their risks. The mean total OCP knowledge score was 5.70 out of 25, the mean OCP risk knowledge score was 4.09 out of 15, and the mean OCP benefit knowledge score was 0.77 out of 6. Sociodemographic factors associated with greater total knowledge, risk knowledge and benefit knowledge included OCP usage, being a student, confidence in one's knowledge and satisfaction with one's information. Both the total and risk knowledge scores were found to be higher in women who found that receiving information related to OCPs was important. Finally, participants who lived in central governates had greater total knowledge scores, whereas those with higher levels of education and a family history of endometrial cancer demonstrated better benefit knowledge.
This study highlighted the poor knowledge of health benefits and risks associated with OCP use among Lebanese women and the associated sociodemographic factors that might influence their beliefs.
口服避孕药 (OCP) 是最常用的避孕方法之一，但它们与许多健康益处和风险有关。本研究旨在确定黎巴嫩女性对 OCP 潜在健康益处和风险的知识差距，并确定可能影响她们信念的因素。
对 817 名年龄在 18-64 岁的黎巴嫩女性进行问卷调查，评估社会人口统计学细节、医疗信息、避孕措施、对 OCP 潜在健康益处和风险的了解以及与 OCP 相关的信息需求。
在所有参与者中，41.5%的女性报告在她们的生活中某个时候使用过 OCP，但 46.6%的女性否认收到过关于其益处的信息，48%的女性否认收到过关于其风险的信息。OCP 总知识得分的平均值为 25 分中的 5.70 分，OCP 风险知识得分的平均值为 15 分中的 4.09 分，OCP 益处知识得分的平均值为 6 分中的 0.77 分。与更高的总知识、风险知识和益处知识相关的社会人口学因素包括使用 OCP、是学生、对自己知识的信心和对自己信息的满意度。发现接受与 OCP 相关的信息很重要的女性，其总知识和风险知识得分都更高。最后，居住在中央政府管辖区的参与者的总知识得分更高，而那些教育程度较高且有子宫内膜癌家族史的参与者则具有更好的益处知识。
本研究强调了黎巴嫩女性对 OCP 使用相关健康益处和风险的知识不足，以及可能影响她们信念的相关社会人口学因素。
