Family planning and pregnancy issues for women with systemic inflammatory diseases: patient and physician perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify family planning and pregnancy (FPP) issues for female patients of childbearing age living with a chronic inflammatory disease and to assess whether current clinical practice routinely provides adequate support to alleviate these concerns.

Setting

Multinational survey and an analysis of online patient activity.

Participants

Premenopausal women (aged 20-45 years; N=969) were surveyed in the USA, the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Rheumatologists were surveyed in Germany (N=50), France (N=50), Italy (N=50) and the USA (N=100), and gastroenterologists were also surveyed in the USA (N=100).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Two online surveys were undertaken to identify FPP issues for physicians and patients. The surveys examined t

SUBMITTER: Chakravarty E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3918989 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature