RT Journal Article
T1 Health-related quality of life in undergraduate women using any contraceptive
A1 León Larios, Fátima
A1 Vázquez Valeo, Cinta
A1 Sánchez Sánchez, Alicia
A1 Gómez Baya, Diego
AB Objective: The aim of this research was to assess university students’ health-related quality of life whether they usesome contraceptive method or not.Methods: This research is a cross-sectional study. Female participants who studied a degree in health at the Universityof Seville (Spain) were recruited. Respondents completed a demographic questionnaire and health-related quality oflife was measured with validated instrument SEC-QoL (Sociedad Española de Contracepción- Quality of Life) in Spanishthat measured five dimensions: sexual, social, breast, menstrual and psychosocial.Results: A total of 992 women aged 21.37 (3.6) years old participated in this study. Women who used a contraceptivemethod reached higher scores at the SEC-QoL questionnaire 47.09 (17.04) and 46.91 (18.73) than those that didn’t.Likewise, women who chose a hormonal method showed a better overall health-related quality of life, compared tothose who used a non-hormonal method. Participants who used hormonal contraceptives obtained higher scores inall health-related quality of life domains (social, menstrual, breast and sexual), except psychological domain whencompared to those who used a non hormonal method or none. Furthermore, a moderated mediation model showedthat the effect of the current contraceptive method on health-related quality of life was partially explained by themoderated mediation of the time using this method, the reason for using it and the existence of a partner.Conclusion: The usage of hormonal contraceptives increases health-related quality of life in young women. Severalvariables regarding the experience with contraceptive methods should be considered in order to examine the effect onhealth-related quality of life in undergraduate women.
PB BMC
SN 1477-7525
YR 2019
FD 2019-05
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16495
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16495
LA eng
NO León Larios, F., Vázquez Valeo, C. G., Sánchez Sánchez, A.,  ... Gómez-Baya, D. (2019). Health-related quality of life in undergraduate women using any contraceptive. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 17(1). DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-019-1157-2
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026