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Assessment of contraceptive methods choice among women during childbearing age in Mosul, Iraq

Ruqaya Adnan Salih
Saudi Medical Journal December 2024, 45 (12) 1368-1373; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.12.20240565
Ruqaya Adnan Salih
From the Family and Community Medicine Department, College of Medicine, University of Mosul, Iraq.
MBChB, FABHS
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    - Distribution of different contraceptive method among participants women *Some women use more than one method, IUCD: Intrauterine contraceptive device.

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    - Contraceptive methods used in different age group. Some women use more than one method. intra-uterine contraceptive device (IUCD) intrauterine contraceptive device.

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    - Questionnaire validity.

    Validity ratePercent
    Clarity rate95%
    Coverage rate95%
    Reliability rate90%
    Overall validity rate93.3%
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    - Demographic parameters of the participants women.

    Parametersn%
    Age
    15-2466%
    25-344040%
    35-454343%
    45+1111%
    Residency
    Mosul9999%
    Outside Mosul11%
    Education
    Not read or write99%
    Read and write55%
    Primary1919%
    Secondary1616%
    Higher education5151%
    Occupation
    Employed4747%
    Housewife5353%
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    Table 3

    - Past obstetric history of the participants women.

    Variablesn%
    Parity
    1-35353%
    4-63838%
    >699%
    Age of mother at 1st labor:
    15-19 year (y)3535%
    20-34 y6464%
    35 y+11%
    Inter-pregnancy intervals:
    primipara99%
    1y1616%
    2-5 y6565%
    >5 y1010%
    Have you any menstrual irregularity?
    Yes4141%
    No5959%
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    - Factors influencing choice of contraceptive method.*

    Why you chose this type of contraception?n%P-value**
    It is safe.7878%0.001
    I’m a lactating mother.66%0.10
    It is cheap and available.2020%0.02
    Easy to use77%0.10
    I have menstrual irregularity99%0.07
    I have chronic disease: HT, DM88%0.08

    DM: diabetes mellitus, HT: hypertension

    • ↵* Some has more than one reason,

    • ↵** Chi-square test used.

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