Awareness of emergency contraception.
OBJECTIVE
To study the level of awareness and use of emergency contraception (EC) in women attending a pregnancy termination clinic.


METHODS
A questionnaire was handed to all women attending the clinic for termination of pregnancy and related advice during the month of February 2003. Completed questionnaires were collected before the women left the clinic and the data analysed.


RESULTS
A total of 78 women received the questionnaire and all except two were returned. Fifty-nine (78%) women were familiar with EC. Sixty percent of women felt that EC was easily accessible, but only 37% of them had ever used it. However, 90% of the women questioned would consider using EC in the future.


CONCLUSIONS
Despite the level of awareness of EC in Fife being quite good, EC is underused for many reasons.
Mathew
Sarju
S
Forth Park Hospital, Kirkcaldy, UK. doctorsarjumathew@hotmail.com
Urquhart
Rennie
R
D000023:Abortion Applicants; D000029:Abortion, Legal; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom
D003281:Contraceptives, Postcoital