Contraception in women with diabetes: adequacy of medical files registration and prescription - a cross-section study.

Objective: To describe the adequacy of diabetes mellitus (DM) patient's files registry regarding contraception method (CM), factors associated with lack of registry, and if prescription is in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) eligibility criteria.

Research Design And Methods: This cross-sectional study was developed in two phases: (1) electronic medical records of women with DM who attended the outpatient clinic of a university hospital were reviewed to identify women in reproductive age and to look for CM registration and (2) interviews regarding contraception use, comorbidities and chronic DM complications.

Results: Among 1069 files analyzed, 313 women with DM in childbearing age were identified.