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 | Zendy

Petra FrankHerrmann | Zendy; Joerg Heil | Zendy; Christian Gnoth | Zendy; Estefanía Toledo | Zendy; Siegfried Baur | Zendy; Cecilia Pyper | Zendy; Ekkehart Jenetzky | Zendy; T. Strowitzki | Zendy; Günter Freundl | Zendy

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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

Author(s) -

Petra FrankHerrmann,

Joerg Heil,

Christian Gnoth,

Estefanía Toledo,

Siegfried Baur,

Cecilia Pyper,

Ekkehart Jenetzky,

T. Strowitzki,

Günter Freundl

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/dem003

Subject(s) - fertility , pregnancy , longitudinal study , relation (database) , obstetrics , gynecology , psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , demography , biology , population , computer science , sociology , environmental health , genetics , pathology , database

The efficacy of fertility awareness based (FAB) methods of family planning is critically reviewed. The objective was to investigate the efficacy and the acceptability of the symptothermal method (STM), an FAB method that uses two indicators of fertility, temperature and cervical secretions observation. This paper will recommend a more suitable approach to measure the efficacy.

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