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N Damsbo

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PubMed1988

Diagnostic vacuum aspiration curettage and biopsy without anaesthesia in general practice.

A questionnaire study was made of the pain and discomfort from vacuum aspiration (vabra) of the cervix/uterus without anaesthetic treatment, and the desire of medication/hospitalization in case of a repeated operation. Forty-eight women described a medium pain (4.1 on a scale from 0-9), and a medium discomfort (3.5 on a similar scale). Forty-six women were content to have had the operation carried out by their general practitioner, and 44 women declared that they would prefer to have the operation carried out by their general practitioner if it had to be repeated. The women did not express a desire for hospitalization or anaesthesia. The results indicate that examinations carried out by a general practitioner, who is well known to the patient, cause less strain than examinations carried out elsewhere, and that vacuum aspiration is more gentle to the body than conventional curettage.

Adult↗
PubMed1983

Tobacco use, alcohol consumption and infertility.

An epidemiological study of the association between alcohol consumption, tobacco use and subfecundity is presented. Study subjects were recruited for a case-control study whose primary objective was to examine the association between occupational exposures and subfecundity. All 1069 women treated for infertility at Odense University Hospital during the period 1977-1980 were eligible for participation as cases. A control group was chosen consisting of 4305 women who had each delivered a healthy child with a gestational age over 258 days at the same hospital in the period 1977-1979. Data regarding occupational exposures and smoking and drinking habits were collected by mailed questionnaires. A response rate of 87% was obtained for both case and control groups. Use of tobacco and alcohol was significantly higher in cases compared to controls. A within-group comparison of alcohol consumption among controls with delayed conception of more than one year with controls who conceived their children within one year failed to demonstrate a statistical association. However, a statistically significant association was observed between smoking and delayed conception among controls. On the basis of this finding, along with further analyses, the authors suggest that the statistical association between smoking and subfecundity may be real and ought to be studied further. Moderate alcohol consumption does not seem to play a role in the development of subfecundity. The paper provides a systematic review of possible sources of bias in the study.

Alcohol Drinking↗
PubMed1983

Difficulties in a multipractice study.

A multipractice study with the aid of questionnaires concerning "The possible influence of patients' occupations on sterility" had to be given up, when three quarters of the general practitioners who originally enrolled failed to complete the investigation. To help other investigators involved in multipractice studies, an analysis was done of the causes of general practitioner drop out. This points to lack of motivation, a lack of knowledge of epidemiology, forgetfulness and too great a workload on the part of the general practitioner. In addition findings showed an over long period of study, a rather extensive and complicated questionnaire, the fact that sterility is a rare problem, and other more obscure circumstances.

Cooperative Behavior↗