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Multicenter Study
. 2024 Aug;310(2):1267-1273.
doi: 10.1007/s00404-024-07441-1. Epub 2024 Mar 4.

Influence of basic knowledge about female health, physiology, and contraception on unintended pregnancies: an international multicenter survey among women in Austria, Germany and Switzerland

Christina Allerstorfer  1 , Elisabeth Reiter  2 , Omar Shebl  2 , Peter Oppelt  2   3 , Andrea Müller Reid  4 , Wolfgang Schimetta  5 , Helge Binder  2   6 , Matthias W Beckmann  6
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Multicenter Study

Influence of basic knowledge about female health, physiology, and contraception on unintended pregnancies: an international multicenter survey among women in Austria, Germany and Switzerland

Christina Allerstorfer et al. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2024 Aug.
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Conflict of interest statement

The authors hereby state that there were no conflicts of interest. The survey was presented as a poster at the annual congress of the DGGG in Berlin in 2018. Institutional review board approval was obtained (ref. no. K-20-12). The present publication satisfies the requirements for obtaining a doctorate at Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (FAU).

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Level of interest in female physiology among the participants
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Correctly answered questions per category, in percent (questions are listed in the Appendix). a Questions 1 & 2: sexually transmitted diseases. b Questions 3 and 4: conception and contraception. c Questions 5 and 6: physiology of the female reproductive system. d Question 8: anatomy of the female reproductive system. e Questions 9 and 10: check-ups for gynecological cancer surveillance
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