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title: Do women want to stop or reduce their periods? | Niyora
description: Yes. In this survey of 1,111 Brazilian women, 64.3% said they disliked menstruation. The majority wanted to use contraceptives to reduce or stop bleeding comp
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/opinion-and-experience-of-brazilian-women-regarding-menstrual-bleeding-and-use-2012/
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Survey study, 2012

# Do women want to stop or reduce their periods?

Yes. In this survey of 1,111 Brazilian women, 64.3% said they disliked menstruation. The majority wanted to use contraceptives to reduce or stop bleeding completely.

 Moderate study design

1,111 Brazilian women at public health clinics and university staff

## What they did

Researchers surveyed 1,111 women at public health clinics and university staff about their attitudes toward menstruation and whether they would use contraceptive pills to control or stop their periods.

## What they found

64.3% of women reported disliking menstruation. 65.3% wanted to never bleed, 18.2% wanted to bleed less than monthly, and 16.5% wanted to bleed monthly or more. More than 60% said they would use contraceptive pills to control bleeding, 82% would use them to reduce bleeding, and 86.1% would use them to stop bleeding completely.

## What it means for you

Many Brazilian women are interested in controlling or stopping their periods using contraceptive pills. Women who liked menstruation tended to have fewer years of schooling, low socioeconomic status, less frequent menstruation, and at least one child. The main limit is that this is a survey of attitudes, not actual use or effects.

64.3%

women who disliked menstruation

82%

would use contraceptives to reduce bleeding

86.1%

would use contraceptives to stop bleeding

## About the study

Original title Opinion and experience of Brazilian women regarding menstrual bleeding and use of combined oral contraceptives Authors Makuch MY, Duarte-Osis MJ, de Pádua KS et al. Journal International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Year 2012 Study design Survey study Participants 1,111 What was tested None Read the paper [doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.11.018](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.11.018)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Oral contraceptives and drospirenone](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-hormonal-contraceptives/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)[Stigma, attitudes and culture](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-stigma-culture/)

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