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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Combination contraceptives: effects on weight

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, January 2014
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19 news outlets
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1 policy source
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33 X users
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1 YouTube creator

Citations

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Title
Combination contraceptives: effects on weight
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, January 2014
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd003987.pub5
Pubmed ID
Authors

Maria F Gallo, Laureen M Lopez, David A Grimes, Florence Carayon, Kenneth F Schulz, Frans M Helmerhorst

Abstract

Weight gain is often considered a side effect of combination hormonal contraceptives, and many women and clinicians believe that an association exists. Concern about weight gain can limit the use of this highly effective method of contraception by deterring the initiation of its use and causing early discontinuation among users. However, a causal relationship between combination contraceptives and weight gain has not been established.

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Chile 1 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
Unknown 365 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 55 15%
Student > Master 53 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 25 7%
Researcher 24 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 7%
Other 74 20%
Unknown 112 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 126 34%
Nursing and Health Professions 27 7%
Psychology 14 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 3%
Social Sciences 11 3%
Other 52 14%
Unknown 125 34%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 187. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 March 2024.
All research outputs
#213,829
of 25,460,914 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#359
of 12,090 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,931
of 323,787 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#6
of 243 outputs
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