| Methods |
RCT between women using LAM and women using LAM and counseled to use EC if 1 of the prerequisites of LAM expire and provided with 1 packet of EC |
| Participants |
1158 women in Egypt attending infant welfare clinics, age 25.9. Past deliveries: 1‐3 75.6%, > 3 24.4% |
| Interventions |
LAM education and LAM and EC education. Self reported length of breastfeeding, resumption of menstruation, and pregnancy. Intercourse after expiration of LAM prerequisites |
| Outcomes |
Initation of regular contraception; pregnancy in LAM users 29 (5%) in 529 women. At 6 months, 20% resumed menstruation and only 20% were still (almost) exclusively breastfeeding (see under "Effects of interventions" |
| Notes |
No objectivation of pregnancy; no clear definition of menstruation; no life tables |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Computer ‐generated and serially numbered, opaque, closed envelope |
