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- Title
An Epidemiological Study on Contraception Adoption among Women Seeking Post Abortion Care in Department of Obstetrics And Gynaecology at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Bikaner, Rajasthan.
- Authors
Choudhary, Sarita; Choudhary, Kavita; Acharya, Rekha; Shekhawat, Kirti; Kawatra, Abhishek
- Abstract
Introduction-World Health Organization estimates that almost 20 million unsafe abortions occur each year. Of the estimated 600,000 annual pregnancy-related deaths worldwide, about 13% (or 78,000) are related to complications of unsafe abortion. Objectives- (1) To study socio-demographic profile of women seeking post abortion care (2) To find out any difference in use of contraceptive methods before and after abortion. Study design-Cross-sectional. Study period-November 2013 to April 2014. Study Area-Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Sample Size-400 women seeking post abortion care. Study tool and Data Collection-Semi Structured pre tested questionnaire. Data Analysis-SPSS 16 (Mean, SD, Proportion, Chi-square). Results-Mean age was 25.86±5.06 years; majority belonged to Hindu community and from rural areas. The mean age at first pregnancy was 19.69±1.33 years. The mean parity was 1.58±0.90. In present study 31.8% of study population had previous history of abortion. Only 31.2% of study population had ever used any method of contraception. The contraceptive acceptance has increased from 16.5% pre abortion to 77.5% post abortion and among them 35.2% population accepted tubectomy as the method of concurrent contraception; 32.3% accepted OCP; 24.2% accepted Cu-T and only 8.3% accepted condoms. Conclusion-Contraception acceptance has increased after abortion amd the tubectomy was the most accepted method of family planning among the study population.
- Subjects
RAJASTHAN (India); ABORTION statistics; ABORTION clinics; ABORTION; TERTIARY care; HOSPITAL care; GYNECOLOGY; CONTRACEPTION
- Publication
International Journal of Community Health & Medical Research, 2019, Vol 5, Issue 2, p27
- ISSN
2581-5040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21276/ijchmr