Factors Affecting Selection of Contraceptive Methods and Its Length of Use
Objective: To evaluate the factors related to the selection of contraceptive methods and length of use on acceptors in Raden Saleh Clinic and Fatmawati General Hospital. Method: The study was a prospective observational study designs. The factors that we observed include the family planning fa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Indonesian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2015-04-01
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| Series: | Indonesian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Online Access: | http://inajog.com/index.php/journal/article/view/34 |
| Summary: | Objective: To evaluate the factors related to the selection of contraceptive
methods and length of use on acceptors in Raden Saleh Clinic
and Fatmawati General Hospital.
Method: The study was a prospective observational study designs.
The factors that we observed include the family planning factor (wife
age, number of desired children and infertility), subjective factors
(side effect experience of contraception, support from the husband/
family, and religion), objective factors (medical disorders, person
helping to select contraception, family planning service centre
and availability of contraceptives) and the level of motivation (level
of education). All the clients who will receive contraception and meet
the criteria for the research were interviewed and given questionnaires
until the desired sample size is achieved. The study was conducted
at the Raden Saleh Clinic and Fatmawati General Hospital. We
then conducted follow-up at 3 and 6 months after the use of the contraceptive
methods to assess the length of use.
Result: The total number of subjects was 151 people. The average
age of respondents was 31 years old, with the contraception options
being IUD (67.1%), implants (17.8%), sterilization (7.2%), injectable
contraception (3.9%), and oral contraception (3.9%). From all
the factors studied, only the number of desired children were found
to affect the selection of contraceptive methods significantly
(p=0.008) in Fatmawati General Hospital, while in Raden Saleh Clinic
all of the factors did not affect the selection of contraceptive method
(p>0.05). We also found that all of these factors do not have a significant
relationship to the length of contraceptive use (p>0.05). There
were 6.6% of subjects (n=10) who switched the type of contraception.
From all of them, there was a trend of switching from oral contraceptive
to injectable method (33.3%) and from IUD to injectable
method (66.7%).
Conclusion: Only the number of desired children has an effect on the
selection of contraceptive methods in Fatmawati General Hospital,
while in Raden Saleh Clinic all of the factors studied do not affect in
selection of contraceptive methods. Family planning factors, subjective
factors, objective factors and motivation levels have no effect on
the length of contraceptive use by clients at Raden Saleh Clinic and
Fatmawati General Hospital.
Keywords: contraception methods, factors, length of use, selection |
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| ISSN: | 2338-6401 2338-7335 |