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Article: Contraception matters:Indicators of poor usage of contraception in sexually active women attending family planning clinics in Victoria, Australia.
Title | Contraception matters:Indicators of poor usage of contraception in sexually active women attending family planning clinics in Victoria, Australia. |
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Keywords | Contraception Family Planning Women’s health Unintended pregnancy Unintended pregnancy Unplanned pregnancy |
Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpublichealth/ |
Citation | BMC Public Health, 2012, v. 12, p. 1108 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Background
Unintended pregnancy (mistimed or unwanted) remains an important health issue for women. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with risk of unintended pregnancy in a sample of Victorian women attending family planning clinics.
Methods
This cross-sectional survey of three Family Planning Victoria Clinics from April to July 2011 recruited women aged 16-50 years with a male sexual partner in the last 3 months, and not intending to conceive. The questionnaire asked about contraceptive behaviours and important factors that influence contraception use (identified from a systematic literature review). Univariate analysis was calculated for the variables of interest for associations with contraceptive use. An overall multivariate model for being at risk for unintended pregnancy (due to inconsistent or ineffective contraceptive use or non-use) was calculated through backward elimination with statistical significance set at <0.05.
Results
1006 surveys were analyzed with 96% of women reporting contraception use in the last 3 months. 37% of women were at risk for unintended pregnancy due to imperfect use (61% inconsistent users; 31% ineffective methods) or never using contraception (8%). On multivariate analysis, women at risk for unintended pregnancy compared with women not at risk were <25 years old (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.2-2.7); had no university/postgraduate degree (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.2-2.4); and had >1 partner in the last 3 months (OR 3.2, 95% CI 2.3-4.6). These women were dissatisfied with current contraception (OR 2.5, 95% 1.8-3.5); felt “vulnerable” to pregnancy (OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.6-3.0); were not confident in contraceptive knowledge (OR 2.6, 95% CI 1.5-4.8); were unable to stop to use contraception when aroused (OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.5-2.9) but were comfortable in speaking to a doctor about contraception (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.1-4.1).
Conclusion
Despite reported high contraceptive usage, nearly 40% of women were at risk for unintended pregnancy primarily due to inconsistent contraceptive use and use of ineffective contraception. Strategies for improving consistency of effective contraception use or greater emphasis on long-acting contraception may be needed for certain subpopulations at higher risk for unintended pregnancy. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/191407 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wong, WCW | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ong, J | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Temple-Smith, MJ | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | McNamee, K | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Fairley, CK | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-15T06:57:51Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-10-15T06:57:51Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | BMC Public Health, 2012, v. 12, p. 1108 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/191407 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background Unintended pregnancy (mistimed or unwanted) remains an important health issue for women. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with risk of unintended pregnancy in a sample of Victorian women attending family planning clinics. Methods This cross-sectional survey of three Family Planning Victoria Clinics from April to July 2011 recruited women aged 16-50 years with a male sexual partner in the last 3 months, and not intending to conceive. The questionnaire asked about contraceptive behaviours and important factors that influence contraception use (identified from a systematic literature review). Univariate analysis was calculated for the variables of interest for associations with contraceptive use. An overall multivariate model for being at risk for unintended pregnancy (due to inconsistent or ineffective contraceptive use or non-use) was calculated through backward elimination with statistical significance set at <0.05. Results 1006 surveys were analyzed with 96% of women reporting contraception use in the last 3 months. 37% of women were at risk for unintended pregnancy due to imperfect use (61% inconsistent users; 31% ineffective methods) or never using contraception (8%). On multivariate analysis, women at risk for unintended pregnancy compared with women not at risk were <25 years old (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.2-2.7); had no university/postgraduate degree (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.2-2.4); and had >1 partner in the last 3 months (OR 3.2, 95% CI 2.3-4.6). These women were dissatisfied with current contraception (OR 2.5, 95% 1.8-3.5); felt “vulnerable” to pregnancy (OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.6-3.0); were not confident in contraceptive knowledge (OR 2.6, 95% CI 1.5-4.8); were unable to stop to use contraception when aroused (OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.5-2.9) but were comfortable in speaking to a doctor about contraception (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.1-4.1). Conclusion Despite reported high contraceptive usage, nearly 40% of women were at risk for unintended pregnancy primarily due to inconsistent contraceptive use and use of ineffective contraception. Strategies for improving consistency of effective contraception use or greater emphasis on long-acting contraception may be needed for certain subpopulations at higher risk for unintended pregnancy. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpublichealth/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Public Health | en_US |
dc.rights | BMC Public Health. Copyright © BioMed Central Ltd | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Contraception | - |
dc.subject | Family Planning | - |
dc.subject | Women’s health | - |
dc.subject | Unintended pregnancy | - |
dc.subject | Unintended pregnancy | - |
dc.subject | Unplanned pregnancy | - |
dc.title | Contraception matters:Indicators of poor usage of contraception in sexually active women attending family planning clinics in Victoria, Australia. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, WCW: wongwcw@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, WCW=rp01457 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1108 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 23259407 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84872957738 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 225618 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 1108 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 1108 | en_US |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1471-2458 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000314036500001 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1471-2458 | - |