Reproductive health and diaphragm use of participants during clinical examinations
| Visit | Vaginal discharge/pelvictenderness | Any abnormality* | Pregnant† | UTI‡ | Wore diaphragm all day yesterday? | Diaphragm in place during examination | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | |
| *During physical examination, on vulva, vagina, cervix, uterus, and adnexa. | ||||||||||||
| †A negative pregnancy test at enrolment was a requirement for study participation. The six positive pregnancies at the 8 week follow up visit include four of the five pregnancies diagnosed at the 4 week follow up visit, plus two additional pregnancies. A total of seven pregnancies occurred during the 8 week study period. | ||||||||||||
| ‡UTI was considered positive if women reported symptoms suggestive of infection and had a positive dipstick result for leucocytes in urine. | ||||||||||||
| Enrolment (n = 91) | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 1 week (n = 91 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 7 | Not tested | 3 | 3 | 80 | 88 | 76 | 84 | |
| 4 week (n = 89) | 16 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 82 | 92 | 82 | 92 |
| 8 week (n = 87) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 93 | 77 | 89 |