Contraception in diabetic women: an Italian study.
Over 1 year, a survey on contraception and obstetric history was performed on a cohort of 667 Caucasian fertile diabetic women (446, type 1 and 201, type 2) living in Italy.


RESULTS
Of these women, 30.4% used hormonal contraceptives, 12.0% intra-uterine device (IUD), 10.7% declared they used no contraception, 47.0% only utilised barrier and/or natural methods. However, irrespective of their previous contraceptive strategy, 7.2% of all the studied population was surgically sterilized during caesarean section.
Of these women, 60.4% was prescribed by a gynaecologist, 11.2% by a diabetologist, 15% by both of them and 13.4% by others. The proportion using oral contraception was similar among types 1 and 2 women (29.4% versus 27.8%, chi(2) = ns).
Of women taking hormonal contraception, 30.0% were smokers.
University graduates (37.1%), high school leaves (32.2%), secondary school (28.2%) and primary school leaves (15.5%) used oral contraceptives (OC).
The mean number of deliveries was 1.14 +/- 1.1, of miscarriages was 1.3 +/- 0.7 and of induced abortions 0.17 +/- 0.5. Planning of at least one pregnancy was reported in 29.4% of patients.
Napoli
A
A
Diabetes Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Hospital 'S. Andrea', 2nd Faculty of Medicine, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy. angela.napoli@uniroma1.it
Colatrella
A
A
Botta
R
R
Di Cianni
G
G
Fresa
R
R
Gamba
S
S
Italia
S
S
Mannino
D
D
Piva
I
I
Suraci
C
C
Tonutti
L
L
Torlone
E
E
Tortul
C
C
Lapolla
A
A
D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003267:Contraception / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D017533:Marital Status; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People