title: Predictors of oral contraceptive use among teenaged girls in southeastern Hungary.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the main determinants of oral contraceptive (OC) use among teenaged girls in southeastern Hungary.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire was self-administered by 332 participants aged 14 to 19 years seen at the Contraception Outpatient Clinic for Teenagers located in the Department of the Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Szeged from May 1, 2005, to March 31, 2006.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Approximately half of the respondents (48.2%) used OCs, and only 21.9% of the OC users considered OC cost unimportant (vs 59% of the non-OC users). A considerable proportion in each group knew little about the fertile period of a menstrual cycle (43.1% vs 46.5%) and had an insufficient knowledge of the recommendations regarding pill use (66.6% vs 77.9%). Most (76.2%) of the participants intended to use OCs in the future. Intending to use OCs was strongly associated with the prevention of menstrual disorders (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 4.73; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.4-10.5) and the opinion that OCs did not interfere with sex life (AOR, 2.55; 95% CI, 1.3-5.1).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results demonstrate that the knowledge of teenaged girls concerning the correct use of OCs and the differences in fertility during the menstrual cycle is often inadequate and should be improved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway. kozinszkyz@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Zoltan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kozinszky
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sikovanyecz
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pál
authors.forename: Dávid
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Szabó
authors.forename: Helga
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lehotzky
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pál
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003268:Contraception Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D016015:Logistic Models; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral