Acceptability and performance of the menstrual cup in South Africa: A randomized crossover trial comparing the menstrual cup to tampons or sanitary pads

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 151-158

  Beksinska, Mags E ^a,b   Smit, Jenni ^a,c   Greener, Ross ^a   Todd, Catherine S ^d   Lee, Mei Ling Ting ^e   Maphumulo, Virginia ^a   Hoffmann, Vivian ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEVICE COMPARISON; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MENSTRUAL CUP; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL PAD; MENSTRUAL TAMPON; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA PAIN; VAGINAL IRRITATION; ABSORBENT PAD; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABSORBENT PADS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84923082697     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2014.5021     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Brocklehurst C, Bartram J. Swimming upstream: Why sanitation, hygiene and water are so important to mothers and their daughters. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2010;88:482.
2. Matlala A, Mabuza K. Zuma promises free towels for women. Sowetan, 10 Jan 2011. Available at: http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2011/01/10/zuma-promises-free-towels-for-women (accessed on February 3, 2014).
3. Sommer M, Kjellén M, Pensulo C. Girls' and women's unmet needs for menstrual hygiene management (MHM): The interactions between MHM and sanitation systems in low-income countries. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 2013;3:283-297.
4. OB/GYN of Indiana. Available at: https://www.obgynindiana.com/2014/all-about-menstrual-cups/ (accessed on February 3, 2014).
5. Liswood R. Internal menstrual protection: Use of a safe and sanitary menstrual cup. Obstet Gynecol 1959;13:539-543.
6. Karnaky KJ. Internal menstrual protection with the rubber menstrual cup. Obstet Gynecol 1962;19:688-691.
7. Pena EF. Menstrual protection. Advantages of the menstrual cup. Obstet Gynecol 1962;19:684-687.
8. Parker J, Bushell RW, Behrman SJ. Hygienic control of menorrhagia: Use of rubber menstrual cup. Int J Fertil 1964;9:619-621.
9. Cheng M, Kung R, Hannah M, Wilansky D, Shime J. Menses cup evaluation study. Fertil Steril 1995;64:661-663.
10. North BB, Oldham MJ. Preclinical, clinical, and over-the-counter postmarketing experience with a new vaginal cup: Menstrual collection. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2011;20:303-311.
11. Howard C, Rose CL, Trouton K, et al. FLOW (finding lasting options for women): Multicentre randomized controlled trial comparing tampons with menstrual cups. Can Fam Physician 2011;57:e208-215.
12. Stewart K, Greer R, Powell M. Women's experience of using the Mooncup. J Obstet Gynaecol 2010;30:285-287.
13. Averbach S, Sahin-Hodoglugil N, Musara P, Chipato T, van der Straten A. Duet for menstrual protection: A feasibility study in Zimbabwe. Contraception 2009;79:463-468.
14. Hedeker, D. A mixed-effects multinomial logistic regression model. Stat Med 2003;22:1433-1446.
15. Miettinen, OS. Estimability and estimation in case-referent studies. Am J Epidemiol 1976;103:226-235.
16. Reprinted in Greenland S, ed. Evolution of epidemiologic ideas: Annotated readings on concepts and methods. Chestnut Hill, MA: Epidemiology Resources, 1987:181-190.
17. Beksinska M, Smit J, Joanis C, Hart C. Practice makes perfect: Reduction in female condom failures and user problems with short-term experience in a randomized trial. Contraception 2012;86:127-131.