Condom use and the risk of recurrent pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pelvic pain, or infertility following an episode of pelvic inflammatory disease |
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Authors: | Ness Roberta B Randall Hugh Richter Holly E Peipert Jeffrey F Montagno Andrea Soper David E Sweet Richard L Nelson Deborah B Schubeck Diane Hendrix Susan L Bass Debra C Kip Kevin E;Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Evaluation and Clinical Health Study Investigators |
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Institution: | University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto St, A530 Crabtree Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. repro@pitt.edu |
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Abstract: | Among 684 sexually active women with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) followed up for a mean of 35 months, we related contraceptive use to self-reported PID recurrence, chronic pelvic pain, and infertility. Persistent use of condoms during the study reduced the risk of recurrent PID, chronic pelvic pain, and infertility. Consistent condom use (about 60% of encounters) at baseline also reduced these risks, after adjustment for confounders, by 30% to 60%. Self-reported persistent and consistent condom use was associated with lower rates of PID sequelae. |
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