title: iContraception(®): a software tool to assist professionals in choosing contraceptive methods according to WHO medical eligibility criteria.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To design software to assist health care providers with contraceptive counselling.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Model-View-Controller software architecture pattern was used. Decision logic was incorporated to automatically compute the safety category of each contraceptive option. Decisions are made according to the specific characteristics or known medical conditions of each potential contraception user. The software is an app designed for the iOS and Android platforms and is available in four languages. iContraception(®) facilitates presentation of visual data on medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive treatments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The use of this software was evaluated by a sample of 54 health care providers. The general satisfaction with the use of the app was over 8 on a 0-10 visual analogue scale in 96.3% of cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  iContraception provides easy access to medical eligibility criteria of contraceptive options and may help with contraceptive counselling.
authors.affiliation: Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Obstetrica y Ginecología del Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
authors.forename: Ramón Guisado
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.affiliation: Consultant in Family Medicine, Servicio de Salud Pública, Unidad de Gestión Clínica Cayetano Roldán, San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain.
authors.forename: Isabel Ramirez
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Polo
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Service, Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Obstetríca y Ginecología del Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose Eduardo Arjona
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Berral
authors.affiliation: Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: Julia Guisado
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.affiliation: Full Professor, Head of the Endocrinological Gynecology Unit, Clinic Institute of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology-Hospital Clinic; Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Camil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castelo-Branco
mesh_terms: D003267:Contraception / Q000379:methods*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000592:standards; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012984:Software; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: counselling; education and training; family planning service provision; needs assessment; reproductive health politics