Table 3.
Associations between Perceived Sexual Changes Due to Method (Better, Unchanged, Worse) and Vaginal Bleeding, Sexual Surrender/Disinhibition, and Control over Pregnancy, by Time*
| ONE MONTH | THREE MONTHS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covariates | sexual improvements | no sexual change | sexual detractions | p value† | sexual improvements | no sexual change | sexual detractions | p– value† |
| N‡ | 60 | 75 | 24 | 64 | 68 | 27 | ||
| Vaginal bleeding in the last 4 weeks (n(%)) | 0.004† | 0.000† | ||||||
| no vaginal bleeding | 11(18.3) | 13(17.3) | 0(0.0) | 0.000§ | 18(28.1) | 18(26.5) | 3(11.1) | 0.000§ |
| less bleeding than before device | 20(33.3) | 16(21.3) | 2(8.3) | 24(37.5) | 18(26.5) | 1(3.7) | ||
| no change in bleeding | 6(10.0) | 5(6.7) | 1(4.2) | 5(7.8) | 3(4.4) | 3(11.1) | ||
| more bleeding than before device | 23(38.3) | 41(54.7) | 21(87.5) | 17(26.6) | 29(42.7) | 20(74.1) | ||
| Satisfaction with your ability to "let go" and surrender to sexual pleasure in the last 4 weeks (n(%)) | ||||||||
| 0.014† | 0.000† | |||||||
| very/extremely satisfied | 44(73.3) | 33(47.1) | 10(41.7) | 0.002§ | 46(71.9) | 34(53.2) | 7(28.0) | 0.000§ |
| moderately satisfied | 9(15.0) | 18(25.7) | 6(25.0) | 12(18.8) | 13(20.3) | 7(28.0) | ||
| not at all/a little satisfied | 7(11.7) | 19(27.1) | 8(33.3) | 6(9.4) | 17(26.6) | 11(44.0) | ||
| "I feel like I have control over when I get pregnant"‡ (n(%)) | ||||||||
| 0.131† | 0.079†§ | |||||||
| strongly agree | 50(83.3) | 49(65.3) | 15(62.5) | 0.040§ | 50(78.1) | 50(73.5) | 16(59.3) | 0.014§ |
| somewhat agree | 6(10.0) | 16(21.3) | 6(25.0) | 12(18.8) | 13(19.1) | 5(18.5) | ||
| neither agree nor disagree, | 4(6.7) | 10(13.3) | 3(12.5) | 2(3.1) | 5(7.4) | 6(22.2) | ||
| somewhat disagree, and strongly disagree (combined) | ||||||||
*
Here, all method groups (copper IUDs, levonorgestrel IUDs, implants) are combined. Results represent cross–sectional associations between perceived sexual changes and other sexual covariates between at one time period (1 month, 3 months).
†
P values are from Fisher’s exact test of null hypothesis that percentage distributions are equal in all sexual change groups.
‡
Sample sizes in cross–tabulations vary between 153 and 159 due to missing data items.
§
P values are from Mantel–Haenszel chi–square test of correlation between sexual change and ratings on the three variables.