70. Determination of satisfaction with the use of the subdermal etonogestrel implant “Implanon” as a contraception method, its side effects and reasons for discontinuing the …

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Purpose In Ecuador, teen pregnancy is a major public health concern with a rate of 81 per 1000. For this reason, a family planning prevention agenda has incorporated the use of long-term reversible hormonal contraception. We retrospectively determined Ecuadorian adolescents' satisfaction rate with the use of a subdermal etonogestrel implant, its side effects and reasons for discontinuation, compared with other hormonal methods of contraception over two years. Methods An observational analytic cross-sectional study was performed in the Subcentro de Salud de Tumbaco, a public rural ambulatory health clinic near Quito. We compared the percentage of satisfaction, side effects and reasons for discontinuing the method in 196 adolescents using the subdermal etonogestrel implant “Implanon” versus 103 adolescents using other hormonal methods of contraception (injection method: norethisterone enanthate …

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2015

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