The effectiveness of a fertility awareness based method to avoid pregnancy in relation to a couple's sexual behaviour during the fertile time: A prospective longitudinal study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1310-1319

  Frank Herrmann, P ^a   Gnoth, C ^b   Toledo, E ^c   Baur, S ^d   Pyper, C ^e   Jenetzky, E ^a   Strowitzki, T ^a   Heil, J ^a   Freundl, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^d Section Natural Fertility   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contraception; Efficacy; Fertility awareness based methods; Natural family planning; Symptothermal method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVULATION DETECTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VAGINA SECRETION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CERVIX MUCUS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; OVULATION DETECTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34347227984     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem003     Document Type: Review

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