Abstract
A 1987 retrospective study examined effectiveness and continuation rates for the symptothermal method (STM) of family planning among a group of 507 women in Mauritius who had completed a training period and were considered to be autonomous users. Women who had been using STM to space their births and those who had been using it to limit births were equally likely to have experienced an unplanned pregnancy after 24 months of use (12/100 women). An additional 40 women/100 who were spacing births reported a planned pregnancy compared with 6/100 who said they were using the method to limit births. Continuation rates after 2 years were 51/100 for spacers and 80/100 limiters. Women who discontinued use to become pregnant were more likely to resume use than were those who had an accidental pregnancy or who discontinued use for other reasons. (authors) (summaries in SPA FRE)
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