Tayyaba Majeed, Usmaiza Qadir, Zahid Mahmood, Zahra Azeem, Yasmeen Azeem, Zohaib Aftab.
Prevalence of Contraceptive Methods and Factors Influencing the Choice of Temporary Vs Permanent Methods of Contraception - A Multicentre Urban Study.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;6(2):428-32.

Aim: To explore the contraceptive prevalence in urban population and find out the factors that influence of the choice of the permanent and non permanent methods of contraception. Study design: Cross-sectional multicenter study. Subjects and methods: The data of a random Sample of 760 women visiting five major hospitals of Lahore was collected through an interviewer- administered questionnaire. The data was analyzed using SPSS. Chi-square was applied to check the significance and p-value <0.05 was considered significant. Place and duration of study: Deptts. of Paediatric Medicine and Obs. & Gynae, from 1st October 2010 to 30th May 2011 in Lady Wellington, Lady Aitchson & Mayo Hospitals, Fatima Memorial and National Hospital Defense. Results: Among the 760 women who were studied mean age was 27 with SD 5.72. The total birth control rate was 45%. Four hundred and eighteen women (55%) women did not use any method of contraception. Samples choosing the permanent and non-permanent contraceptive methods have taken up 92.6% and 7.4%. In the sample that used permanent sterilization not even a single case of male sterilization was reported. Chi-square analysis showed that the use of contraceptive method was significantly associated with age (p-value 0.000), parity (p-value 0.001), knowledge (0.000) no. of years after marriage (p-value 0.000) and frequency of intercourse (0.000). Conclusion: Contraceptive prevalence in the women of Lahore is considerably low; the condition needs to be improved through awareness campaigns. The choice of contraception is largely affected by age, knowledge, parity, marital years and frequency of intercourse.

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