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- Title
The effect of hormonal contraceptives in health status of Sudanese women in Omdurman Locality-Sudan.
- Authors
Idris, Alkhair Abd Almahmoud; AlRahman, Hanaa AbdAlla Abd; Khalil, Mayada Alaa Eldeen; Hammad, Mohammed Aldai; Elsheikh, Mohammed Abdelgader
- Abstract
Background: Studies concerning the negative effect of hormonal contraceptives is scarce and scanty. The main aim of this study the common health problems related to the intake of oral contraceptives (OCP) and injection contraceptives (INJ). Methods: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study, The study was conducted in Omdurman Maternity Hospital. About 125 Sudanese women were participated in this study divided to test group which was consisted of 65 women used contraceptives, and 60 women were control group. The primary data was collected using questionnaire and laboratory investigations. Results: Sociodemographic characteristics of the two groups showed no association between residential areas and nutritional problems as it compared between control and test group (P ≤ 0.05). Level of blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides and Hb% among test and control group showed clear differences between the two groups (P ≤ 0.05). Conclusions: The most common side effects associated with consecutive use among test were headache, hair fall, weight increase, joint pain, fatigue, accelerated heart beats, unstable breathing and nausea.
- Subjects
SUDAN; CROSS-sectional method; HEALTH status indicators; QUESTIONNAIRES; HEMOGLOBINS; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ORAL contraceptives; RESEARCH methodology; NUTRITIONAL status; CHOLESTEROL; CONTRACEPTION; WOMEN'S health; BLOOD pressure; TRIGLYCERIDES; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Discover Public Health, 2024, Vol 21, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
3005-0774
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12982-024-00166-1