TABLE 1.

QUALITATIVE STUDIES ABOUT CONTRACEPTION COUNSELING, CONTRACEPTION USE, UNINTENDED PREGNANCY, AND ABORTION AMONG WOMEN WITH CANCER

Study	Design	Sample	Diagnosis	Quality and validity
Connell, et al., 2006	Longitudinal; three face-to-face semistructured interviews 60 minutes long and six months apart.	13 women aged 29–40 years with a mean age of 37 years; purposeful sample; Australia	Breast cancer diagnosed within the past four years	Reflexivity via field notes; multiple coders; 83–90% inter-rater reliability with spot checks; confirmed interpretation with participants
Karaöz, et al., 2010	Single face-to-face, semi-structured interviews. 25–35 minutes long	20 women; average age of 40.2 years (SD = 5.2 years); convenience sampling; Aydin, Turkey	Breast cancer diagnosed within the past year	Interview guide pilot tested
Thewes et al., 2003	Four face-to-face focus groups of four women each (N=16) for 90 minutes; semistructured interviews by phone and written questionnaire with one question (N=8)	24 women aged 26–45 years at time of diagnosis with a mean age of 34 years; convenience sample; Sydney, Australia	Breast cancer diagnosed within the past five years	Reflexivity via field notes; 66% participation rate; confirmed interpretation with participants
Zebrack et al., 2004	Telephone semistructured interviews 90 minutes long	14 women aged 19–37 years with a mean age of 24.2 years; convenience sample; recruited from the Children’s Cancer Group; California	Childhood cancer survivors at least five years from diagnosis	Multiple coders; 90% inter-rater reliability