Design: Apparently no researches have been conducted regarding oral contraceptive usage among female medical students in Poland. In the last ten years, all over the world, only five publications have dealt with this topic.
Objectives: The purpose of the research reported in this article was to establish the types, choices and frequency of usage of oral contraceptive pills among female medical students of the University of Warsaw.
Material and methods: 634 female students responded to a specially designed questionnaire.
Results: Data collected indicated that, 52.2% of the students have been involved in sexual intercourse. 167 of them used Oral Contraceptive Pills (OCP). Two third survey participants used OCP following a doctors recommendations.
Conclusions: 1.30.5% of the sexually active students used OCP. 2.31.9% of this group of students believed the use of OCP was the most effective of all the contraceptive methods. 3.65.0% of the respondents used OCP following a doctors recommendations. 22.7% of the survey participants used OCP in order to regulate their menstrual cycles. 4. The respondents who reported customary use of OCP cited the most frequently used OCP as: Cilest-28.0%, Mercilon-19.2% and Minulet-13.2%.