Emerging data suggest that mental illness and substance use disorder (SUD) are important risk factors for inconsistent contraceptive use. We investigated whether mental illness without or with SUD is associated with contraceptive adherence and continuation of hormonal methods among women Veterans.We conducted a retrospective analysis of national Veteran's Administration data among women aged 18-45 with a hormonal contraceptive prescription (pill/patch/ring/injectable) during the first week of fiscal year 2013. We tested associations between mental illness diagnoses (depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, adjustment disorder) without or with SUD diagnoses (drug/alcohol abuse) and 12-month contraceptive adherence (number and length of gaps ≥7 days between refills and months of contraceptive coverage) using multivariable regression models.Among 9780 Veterans, 43.6
作者:Lisa S, Callegari;Xinhua, Zhao;Karin M, Nelson;Sonya, Borrero
来源:Contraception 2015 年 91卷 5期