The purpose of this study was to compare the CUE Ovulation Predictor with the ovulation method in determining the fertile period. Eleven regularly ovulating women measured their salivary and vaginal electrical resistance (ER) with the CUE, observed their cervical-vaginal mucus, and measured their urine for a luteinizing hormone (LH) surge on a daily basis. Data from 21 menstrual cycles showed no statistical difference (T = 0.33, p = 0.63) between the CUE fertile period, which ranged from 5 to 10 days (mean = 6.7 days, SD = 1.6), and the fertile period of the ovulation method, which ranged from 4 to 9 days (mean = 6.5 days, SD = 2.0). The CUE has potential as an adjunctive device in the learning and use of natural family planning methods.
PMID 9305046 9305046 DOI 10.1111/j.1745-7599.1996.tb00604.x 10.1111/j.1745-7599.1996.tb00604.x
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Fehring, R. J. (1996). A comparison of the ovulation method with the CUE ovulation predictor in determining the fertile period. *Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners*, *8*(10), 461-466. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7599.1996.tb00604.x
Fehring RJ. A comparison of the ovulation method with the CUE ovulation predictor in determining the fertile period. J Am Acad Nurse Pract. 1996;8(10):461-466. doi:10.1111/j.1745-7599.1996.tb00604.x
Fehring, R. J. "A comparison of the ovulation method with the CUE ovulation predictor in determining the fertile period." *Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners*, vol. 8, no. 10, 1996, pp. 461-466.
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