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Oral Contraceptive Consumption in the Czech Republic
Zahradniková, Barbara ; Ťupová, Lenka (advisor) ; Dvořáčková, Simona (referee)
Title: Oral Contraceptive Consumption in the Czech Republic Author: Barbara Zahradniková, DiS. Supervisor: PharmDr. Lenka Ťupová, Ph.D. Introduction: Hormonal contraception is a group of drugs used to prevent pregnancy. In addition, it is also used in the number of other indications, such as reducing the manifestations of acne vulgaris, reducing heavy menstrual bleeding, regulating the menstrual cycle or relieving premenstrual symptoms. Objective: The aim of the diploma thesis was to analyse and evaluate the consumption of all types of hormonal contraception in the Czech Republic in the period from 2008 to 2022 using data obtained from the database of the State Institute for Drug Control (SIDC). Methods: A retrospective consumption analysis was used for the evaluation. Consumption was evaluated based on the number of packages delivered to healthcare facilities in the period between 2008-2022. The obtained data were classified according to individual ATC codes and then compared according to established parameters, e.g. type of evaluated hormonal contraception or dosage form. Results: During the monitored period, the consumption of combined contraception clearly dominated (89,62 %) over the progestagen type of contraception (10,38 %). In the case of combined hormonal contraception, the largest part...
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Effect of hormonal contraception use during relationship formation on subsequent relationship satisfaction
Fiurašková, Kateřina ; Havlíček, Jan (advisor) ; Pastor, Zlatko (referee)
Results of previous studies testing the influence of oral contraceptives on relationship satisfaction have produced mixed results. These discrepancies might be explained by the "Congruency hypothesis", which predicts that relationship satisfaction is determined by the congruency (or non-congruency) between current use of oral contraceptives and their use during relationship formation. This is because oral contraceptives appear to alter women's mate preferences, so that attraction to their partner may have changed in non-congruent women. Indeed, previous studies have shown that women in a non-congruent state were less sexually satisfied with their partner, even though they were more generally satisfied in the non- sexual aspects of the relationship. The aim of our study was to test the congruency hypothesis on two groups of couples (couples attending the Center of Assisted Reproduction, and a comparison group of pregnant women and their partners; note that in neither group were women currently using oral contraception). Based on previous studies, we expected that women who used oral contraceptives at the time of relationship formation would report lower sexual satisfaction with their partner than women who were non-users during relationship formation. The study involved a total of 660 couples from...
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