PMID- 32858375 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211124 LR - 20211124 IS - 1873-7870 (Electronic) IS - 0149-7189 (Linking) VI - 83 DP - 2020 Dec TI - Lot quality assurance sampling: Information provided to female users of contraceptive methods regarding side effects. PG - 101861 LID - S0149-7189(20)30165-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2020.101861 [doi] AB - Women need to receive accurate information on the proper use of contraceptive methods (CM). The objective of our analysis was to evaluate the quality of CM counseling in health institutions of the public sector using the Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) technique. We specifically analyzed whether health-service providers informed CM users of all the side effects they might experience, as specified under the Mexican health-care regulations. Our results demonstrated that, among the four CM analyzed -the intrauterine device, hormonal injection, condom and subdermal implant- only the users of the subdermal implant received complete information on side effects. Our findings thus indicate that the quality of family planning services in the institutions analyzed is deficient. We recommend that service providers be regularly trained in order to improve their performance and that LQAS methodology be adopted as an effective means of regularly monitoring the quality of health services in Mexico. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Suarez-Lopez, Leticia AU - Suarez-Lopez L AD - Reproductive Health Division, Center for Population Research, National Institute of Public Health. Mexico, Av. Universidad 655, Col. Santa Maria Ahuacatitlan, CP 62100, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. FAU - de la Vara-Salazar, Elvia AU - de la Vara-Salazar E AD - Reproductive Health Division, Center for Population Research, National Institute of Public Health. Mexico, Av. Universidad 655, Col. Santa Maria Ahuacatitlan, CP 62100, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. Electronic address: edelavara@insp.mx. FAU - Estrada, Fatima AU - Estrada F AD - CONACYT - Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, 7a. Cerrada de Fray Pedro de Gante #50, Col. Seccion XVI, Tlalpan, C.P. 14080, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico. FAU - Campero, Lourdes AU - Campero L AD - Reproductive Health Division, Center for Population Research, National Institute of Public Health. Mexico, Av. Universidad 655, Col. Santa Maria Ahuacatitlan, CP 62100, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200815 PL - England TA - Eval Program Plann JT - Evaluation and program planning JID - 7801727 SB - IM MH - *Contraception MH - Counseling MH - Delivery of Health Care MH - Female MH - Humans MH - *Lot Quality Assurance Sampling MH - Program Evaluation OTO - NOTNLM OT - Contraceptive methods OT - Counseling OT - LQAS OT - Mexico OT - Monitoring OT - Side effects EDAT- 2020/08/29 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/25 06:00 CRDT- 2020/08/29 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/07/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/08/29 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0149-7189(20)30165-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2020.101861 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eval Program Plann. 2020 Dec;83:101861. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2020.101861. Epub 2020 Aug 15.