Ongoing contraception methods in women who chose levonorgestrel or ulipristal acetate after being offered the choice of all three emergency contraception methods
Contraceptive method after EC pill | LNG group [n (%)] | UPA group [n (%)] |
---|---|---|
Quick starting | 692 (45.0) | 564 (40.7) |
Condoms | 397 (25.8) | 534 (38.5) |
Continuing hormonal contraception | 285 (18.5) | 86 (6.2) |
Starting hormonal contraception with next period | 80 (5.2) | 111 (8.0) |
Declined ongoing contraception | 49 (3.2) | 56 (4.0) |
Subsequent emergency Cu-IUD fitting | 7 (0.5) | 20 (1.4) |
Other method | 7 (0.5) | 3 (0.2) |
Duplicate patient (not allocated to a particular group) | 22 (1.4) | 13 (0.9) |
Total | 1539 | 1387 |
Cu-IUD, copper intrauterine device; EC, emergency contraception; LNG, levonorgestrel; UPA, ulipristal acetate.