Contraceptive practices in HIV seropositive females in Ireland.
A questionnaire was administered to a cohort of 130 HIV seropositive women attending the Department of Genitourinary Medicine, St James's Hospital, Dublin, in order to establish their current contraceptive practices. Forty (42%) of the sexually active women did not use reliable contraception; 55 (57%) used a method reliable in fertility control only, and 21 (22%) used a method reliable in terms of both partner and congenital transmission. The intravenous drug users were less likely to use reliable contraception, 9 (39%), in comparison to the heterosexual group 14 (70%), P < 0.05. The heterosexual group were more likely to use condoms consistently, 7 (35%) in comparison to one (4%) of intravenous drug users, P < 0.02. Nineteen children, 3 borne to heterosexual mothers and 16 borne to intravenous drug-using mothers were HIV seropositive after 18 months.
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Department of Genitourinary Medicine, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Lynch
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Desmond
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Mulcahy
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D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000151:congenital / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D017533:Marital Status; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012736:Sex Education; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires