(along with the helpful sub-tag, "Welcome to the club, dudes. Also: WOMAN UP.", along with a weepy picture from Dawson's Creek).
Welcome to the club, dudes. Also: WOMAN UP.
"From the study: "Of these 20, 6 men discontinued only for changes in mood and 6 men discontinued for the following single reasons: acne, pain or panic at first injections, palpitations, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction." The other eight men dropped out because of mood changes. "
I can't quite tell from this if it's 6, 8, or 14 men who dropped out due to mood changes. Overall, 20/320 dropped out of the study, 6.25%. I did a bit of research and found that median attrition rate for drug studies is 7%, but median isn't especially helpful since effects can vary.
The percentage who dropped out due to mood changes are (it's hard to tell from this well written article) 6/320, 8/320, or 14/320, so somewhere between 1.8%-4.3%.
This becomes the headline "Men Quit Birth Control Study". That's one of the charitable headlines, honestly. The fact that it morphed into this headline, to me, kind of is the story here.
I do think there's clearly a problem with suicide, especially among men, and I do think this is because, to some extent, men are particularly concerned about appearing weak and failing to get help. So a round of mockery about this is also painful to see.
I know this is going to sound snarky, but I really am genuinely asking: why? They have a history of very blatantly pushing their political agenda, most people seem to acknowledge that NPR is pretty left leaning. This doesn't seem out of place for them at all.
I expected better from NPR. At least Cosmo (which also editorialized the headline), made an effort to report the actual numbers.
Here's the report from cosmo "http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/a8038748/male-bir...
(along with the helpful sub-tag, "Welcome to the club, dudes. Also: WOMAN UP.", along with a weepy picture from Dawson's Creek).
Welcome to the club, dudes. Also: WOMAN UP.
"From the study: "Of these 20, 6 men discontinued only for changes in mood and 6 men discontinued for the following single reasons: acne, pain or panic at first injections, palpitations, hypertension, and erectile dysfunction." The other eight men dropped out because of mood changes. "
I can't quite tell from this if it's 6, 8, or 14 men who dropped out due to mood changes. Overall, 20/320 dropped out of the study, 6.25%. I did a bit of research and found that median attrition rate for drug studies is 7%, but median isn't especially helpful since effects can vary.
The percentage who dropped out due to mood changes are (it's hard to tell from this well written article) 6/320, 8/320, or 14/320, so somewhere between 1.8%-4.3%.
This becomes the headline "Men Quit Birth Control Study". That's one of the charitable headlines, honestly. The fact that it morphed into this headline, to me, kind of is the story here.
I do think there's clearly a problem with suicide, especially among men, and I do think this is because, to some extent, men are particularly concerned about appearing weak and failing to get help. So a round of mockery about this is also painful to see.