Trottier D A, Potter L S, Taylor B A, Glover L H
Family Health International (FHI), Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
Stud Fam Plann. 1994 Sep-Oct;25(5):284-92.
Results from the 1988 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey show that many women are not taking oral contraceptives in a manner that ensures full protection by the method. Reports from 1,258 current pill users show a range of incorrect use; 63 percent of women surveyed reported an interruption in their use of the pill in the past month, and of those women, only 40 percent took the correct action when they missed a pill. The majority (89 percent) did not wait the correct number of days between packs. Multivariate analysis revealed that rural women were more likely to take pills out of sequence, compared with their urban counterparts. Failure to take a pill within the previous month was strongly associated with the experience of side effects. The younger women surveyed were more likely to know the correct interval between pill packs than were older women; and women who wanted more children were more likely to know the correct interval than those who did not. The use patterns exhibited by the pill users may be the result of their receiving confusing, incorrect, or incomplete information, and highlight the need to provide women with accurate, updated, and comprehensible information about oral contraceptives.
1988年埃及人口与健康调查结果显示，许多女性服用口服避孕药的方式无法确保该方法提供充分保护。对1258名当前使用避孕药丸的女性的报告显示出一系列不正确的使用情况；63%接受调查的女性报告在过去一个月中断了服药，在这些女性中，只有40%在漏服避孕药时采取了正确的措施。大多数人（89%）在不同包装之间没有等待正确的天数。多变量分析显示，与城市女性相比，农村女性更有可能不按顺序服药。前一个月未服药与副作用经历密切相关。接受调查的年轻女性比年长女性更有可能知道不同包装避孕药之间的正确间隔时间；想要更多孩子的女性比不想要孩子的女性更有可能知道正确间隔时间。避孕药使用者表现出的使用模式可能是她们收到了混淆、错误或不完整信息的结果，这突出表明需要向女性提供有关口服避孕药的准确、最新且易懂的信息。
