Patterns of hormonal contraceptive use in a population of Colombia

Authors

  • Manuel E. Machado-Duque Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Colombia
  • Carolina Duarte Blandón Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia
  • Luisa Marcela Tobón Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia
  • Leidy Viviana Sanchez Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia
  • Jorge Enrique Machado Alba Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.39.01.124.566

Keywords:

contraceptives, enfermedad laboral, intrauterine devices, delivery of health care, Pharmacoepidemiology

Abstract

Objective: the use of hormonal contraceptives has grown progressively in many countries
of the world. The aim was to determine the patterns of use of hormonal contraceptives,
frequency of comorbidities and concomitant medications in women over 15 years of age
affiliated with the Colombian Health System.
Methods: cross-sectional study, which included data on women over 15 years of age with
prescriptions and dispensations of a hormonal contraceptive for at least three continuous
months (April-June-2016). A database with sociodemographic, pharmacological information
(type of contraceptives, doses, comedications and comorbidities) was created. Descriptive
and multivariate analyzes were conducted seeking to identify factors associated with
risk comedications.
Results: 34309 women who received hormonal contraceptives were identified, with a mean
age of 27.2 ± 7.0 years (range: 13-60.8 years). The most commonly used contraceptives were
injectable of monthly application (63.0 %), injectable of quarterly application (19.1 %), oral
administration (12.1 %), subdermal implants (7.4 %) and finally the hormonal intrauterine
devices with 0.4 %. 5.7 % of the patients (n = 1957) were receiving some medication,
especially with antihypertensives (2.9 %) and anti-migraines (1.9 %). Be over 45 years old
(OR:2.3; 95 %CI: 1.7-3.0), use hormonal intrauterine device (OR: 2.4; 95 % CI:1.4-4.1) and
quarterly injectable contraceptive (OR:1.7; 95 %CI:1.3-2.3) were associated with a higher
probability of receiving comedications.
Conclusions: Colombian women who access hormonal contraceptives through the Health
System are mainly using injectable presentations, with very low frequency of oral ones, and
in general they have few comorbidities that require pharmacological treatment, although
some have cardiovascular conditions that may involve potential risk of thrombotic events.
Keywords: contraceptives, oral, intrauterine devices, delivery of health care, Pharmacoepidemiology.

Author Biographies

Manuel E. Machado-Duque, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Colombia

Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. MSc., Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona,
España. Grupo de Investigación en Farmacoepidemiología y Farmacovigilancia,
Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira - Audifarma S. A. Pereira, Colombia. Grupo
Biomedicina. Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas.
Orcid: 0000-0001-8458-0986. CvLAC: http://scienti.colciencias.gov.co:8081/cvlac/visualizador/
generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001499208. memachado@utp.edu.co.

Carolina Duarte Blandón, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia

MD., Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Grupo de Investigación en Farmacoepidemiología
y Farmacovigilancia, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira - Audifarma
S. A. Pereira, Colombia. Orcid: 0000-0002-1498-1044. CvLAC: https://scienti.minciencias.
gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001835453.
caroduarte@utp.edu.co.

Luisa Marcela Tobón, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia

MD., Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. Grupo de Investigación en Farmacoepidemiología
y Farmacovigilancia, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira - Audifarma
S. A. Pereira, Colombia. Orcid: 0000-0001-6139-6975. CvLAC: https://scienti.minciencias.
gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001835295.
luisa.marcela71@gmail.com.

Leidy Viviana Sanchez, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia

MD., Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. Grupo de Investigación en Farmacoepidemiología
y Farmacovigilancia, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira - Audifarma
S. A. Pereira, Colombia. Orcid: 0000-0003-0869-3617. CvLAC: https://scienti.minciencias.
gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000013186.
leidyvivianasanchez@gmail.com.

Jorge Enrique Machado Alba, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Colombia

MD., Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. Ph.D., Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, España. Grupo de
Investigación en Farmacoepidemiología y Farmacovigilancia, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira -
Audifarma S. A. Pereira, Colombia. Orcid: 0000-0002-8455-0936. CvLAC: https://scienti.minciencias.
gov.co/cvlac/EnRecursoHumano/inicio.do. correo: machado@utp.edu.co.

Published

2023-06-15

How to Cite

Machado-Duque, M. E., Duarte Blandón, C., Tobón, L. M., Sanchez, L. V., & Machado Alba, J. E. (2023). Patterns of hormonal contraceptive use in a population of Colombia. Salud Uninorte, 39(1). https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.39.01.124.566

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