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Prevalence of and Some Factors Relating with Unwanted Pregnancy, in Ahwaz City, Iran, 2010
We aimed to find the prevalence and some factors relating with unwanted pregnancy. Methods. It was a cross-sectional study on 400 randomly pregnant women, who were referring to different health centers in Ahwaz city during 2010. Data was conducted based on questionnaire, and all the analysis was per...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205614/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22111019 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/523430 |
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author | Najafian, M. Karami, K. B. Cheraghi, M. Mohammad Jafari, R. |
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description | We aimed to find the prevalence and some factors relating with unwanted pregnancy. Methods. It was a cross-sectional study on 400 randomly pregnant women, who were referring to different health centers in Ahwaz city during 2010. Data was conducted based on questionnaire, and all the analysis was performed using SPSS (version 17) statistical analysis software. Results. The prevalence of unwanted pregnancy was 26%. The percentage of unwanted pregnancy in ages more than 35 years was approximately three times more than the intended pregnancy. There were significant relationship between unwanted pregnancy and some variables such as age, number of pregnancy, number of childbirth, education status, economic status, husband's occupation, and the relationship with the spouse and contraceptive methods (P < 0.0001). Conclusion. The prevalence of unwanted pregnancy was high. To prevent unwanted pregnancy using consultation services before planning to be pregnancy, it is necessary to identify the factors relating with unwanted pregnancy. |
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spelling | pubmed-32056142011-11-22 Prevalence of and Some Factors Relating with Unwanted Pregnancy, in Ahwaz City, Iran, 2010 Najafian, M. Karami, K. B. Cheraghi, M. Mohammad Jafari, R. ISRN Obstet Gynecol Research Article We aimed to find the prevalence and some factors relating with unwanted pregnancy. Methods. It was a cross-sectional study on 400 randomly pregnant women, who were referring to different health centers in Ahwaz city during 2010. Data was conducted based on questionnaire, and all the analysis was performed using SPSS (version 17) statistical analysis software. Results. The prevalence of unwanted pregnancy was 26%. The percentage of unwanted pregnancy in ages more than 35 years was approximately three times more than the intended pregnancy. There were significant relationship between unwanted pregnancy and some variables such as age, number of pregnancy, number of childbirth, education status, economic status, husband's occupation, and the relationship with the spouse and contraceptive methods (P < 0.0001). Conclusion. The prevalence of unwanted pregnancy was high. To prevent unwanted pregnancy using consultation services before planning to be pregnancy, it is necessary to identify the factors relating with unwanted pregnancy. International Scholarly Research Network 2011 2011-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3205614/ /pubmed/22111019 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/523430 Text en Copyright © 2011 M. Najafian et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Najafian, M. Karami, K. B. Cheraghi, M. Mohammad Jafari, R. Prevalence of and Some Factors Relating with Unwanted Pregnancy, in Ahwaz City, Iran, 2010 |
title | Prevalence of and Some Factors Relating with Unwanted Pregnancy, in Ahwaz City, Iran, 2010 |
title_full | Prevalence of and Some Factors Relating with Unwanted Pregnancy, in Ahwaz City, Iran, 2010 |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of and Some Factors Relating with Unwanted Pregnancy, in Ahwaz City, Iran, 2010 |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of and Some Factors Relating with Unwanted Pregnancy, in Ahwaz City, Iran, 2010 |
title_short | Prevalence of and Some Factors Relating with Unwanted Pregnancy, in Ahwaz City, Iran, 2010 |
title_sort | prevalence of and some factors relating with unwanted pregnancy, in ahwaz city, iran, 2010 |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205614/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22111019 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/523430 |
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