Characteristics of Women Who Experience Mood and Sexual Side Effects With Use of Hormonal Contraception

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1234-1240

  Wiebe, Ellen R ^a   Brotto, Lori A ^a   MacKay, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hormonal contraceptives; Mood; Sexual; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRIVE; EAST ASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; IRRITABILITY; MOOD CHANGE; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SADNESS; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL DESIRE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SINGLE WOMAN; SOUTH ASIAN; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84859704044     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)35108-8     Document Type: Article

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