The Impact of Sexual Satisfaction, Functioning, and Perceived Contraceptive Effects on Sex Life on IUD and Implant Continuation at 1  Year

Contraceptives improve women's lives and public health, but many women discontinue their contraceptive method owing to dissatisfaction. An underexamined aspect of contraceptive discontinuation is sexual acceptability, or how contraception affects sexual experiences. Investigators' aims were two-fold: 1) to document changes in multiple domains of women's sexual experiences with their intrauterine device (IUD) or contraceptive implant over time and 2) to examine whether these sexuality factors were associated with method continuation at 12  months.
Source: Womens Health Issues - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: Original article Source Type: research