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Contraceptive practices and pregnancy intendedness among pregnant adolescents

BACKGROUND: Adolescent pregnancy is a major health problem in many developing countries. OBJECTIVE: To assess contraceptive practices and pregnancy intendedness in pregnant adolescents. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was prospectively conducted from September 2013 to June 2014. All consecutively...

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Autores principales: Lanjakornsiripan, Wakul, Amnatbuddee, Siriruthai, Seejorn, Kanok, Werawatakul, Yuthapong, Kleebkaow, Pilaiwan, Komwilaisak, Ratana, Luanratanakorn, Sanguanchoke
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25848322
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S77077
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author Lanjakornsiripan, Wakul
Amnatbuddee, Siriruthai
Seejorn, Kanok
Werawatakul, Yuthapong
Kleebkaow, Pilaiwan
Komwilaisak, Ratana
Luanratanakorn, Sanguanchoke
author_facet Lanjakornsiripan, Wakul
Amnatbuddee, Siriruthai
Seejorn, Kanok
Werawatakul, Yuthapong
Kleebkaow, Pilaiwan
Komwilaisak, Ratana
Luanratanakorn, Sanguanchoke
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description BACKGROUND: Adolescent pregnancy is a major health problem in many developing countries. OBJECTIVE: To assess contraceptive practices and pregnancy intendedness in pregnant adolescents. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was prospectively conducted from September 2013 to June 2014. All consecutively pregnant women between 15 and 19 years old attending the Antenatal Clinic at Srinagarind Hospital and the Khon Kaen Branch of the Planned Parenthood Association of Thailand were invited for participation. Face-to-face interviews by trained interviewers using standardized questionnaires were carried out. Logistic regression was used to determine an adjusted odds ratio (aOR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of independent predictors. RESULTS: Two hundred participants were enrolled. Mean age was 17.2 years. One hundred and eighteen (59.0%) were currently in school. Seventy-five (37.5%) participants had never used any contraceptive methods. Of the 125 participants who had ever used contraception, regular use of contraceptives was reported in only 21 participants (16.8%). Only two participants (1.0%) had ever used an intrauterine device or implant. Participants’ age was a significant independent factor associated with non-use of contraceptives (aOR, 6.42; 95% CI, 2.94–14.04). Of the 200 participants, 132 (66.0%) declared that the pregnancy was unintended. Significant independent factors predicting unintended pregnancy were educational status (aOR, 6.17; 95% CI, 3.27–13.75) and participants’ age (aOR, 5.76; 95% CI, 2.42–13.70). CONCLUSION: Non-use and use of contraceptive methods with high failure rates were major reasons leading to adolescent pregnancies. Participants’ age was an independent factor predicting non-use of contraceptives. Educational status and age of the participants were significant factors predicting unintended pregnancy.
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spelling pubmed-43747882015-04-06 Contraceptive practices and pregnancy intendedness among pregnant adolescents Lanjakornsiripan, Wakul Amnatbuddee, Siriruthai Seejorn, Kanok Werawatakul, Yuthapong Kleebkaow, Pilaiwan Komwilaisak, Ratana Luanratanakorn, Sanguanchoke Int J Womens Health Original Research BACKGROUND: Adolescent pregnancy is a major health problem in many developing countries. OBJECTIVE: To assess contraceptive practices and pregnancy intendedness in pregnant adolescents. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was prospectively conducted from September 2013 to June 2014. All consecutively pregnant women between 15 and 19 years old attending the Antenatal Clinic at Srinagarind Hospital and the Khon Kaen Branch of the Planned Parenthood Association of Thailand were invited for participation. Face-to-face interviews by trained interviewers using standardized questionnaires were carried out. Logistic regression was used to determine an adjusted odds ratio (aOR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of independent predictors. RESULTS: Two hundred participants were enrolled. Mean age was 17.2 years. One hundred and eighteen (59.0%) were currently in school. Seventy-five (37.5%) participants had never used any contraceptive methods. Of the 125 participants who had ever used contraception, regular use of contraceptives was reported in only 21 participants (16.8%). Only two participants (1.0%) had ever used an intrauterine device or implant. Participants’ age was a significant independent factor associated with non-use of contraceptives (aOR, 6.42; 95% CI, 2.94–14.04). Of the 200 participants, 132 (66.0%) declared that the pregnancy was unintended. Significant independent factors predicting unintended pregnancy were educational status (aOR, 6.17; 95% CI, 3.27–13.75) and participants’ age (aOR, 5.76; 95% CI, 2.42–13.70). CONCLUSION: Non-use and use of contraceptive methods with high failure rates were major reasons leading to adolescent pregnancies. Participants’ age was an independent factor predicting non-use of contraceptives. Educational status and age of the participants were significant factors predicting unintended pregnancy. Dove Medical Press 2015-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4374788/ /pubmed/25848322 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S77077 Text en © 2015 Lanjakornsiripan et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Lanjakornsiripan, Wakul
Amnatbuddee, Siriruthai
Seejorn, Kanok
Werawatakul, Yuthapong
Kleebkaow, Pilaiwan
Komwilaisak, Ratana
Luanratanakorn, Sanguanchoke
Contraceptive practices and pregnancy intendedness among pregnant adolescents
title Contraceptive practices and pregnancy intendedness among pregnant adolescents
title_full Contraceptive practices and pregnancy intendedness among pregnant adolescents
title_fullStr Contraceptive practices and pregnancy intendedness among pregnant adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Contraceptive practices and pregnancy intendedness among pregnant adolescents
title_short Contraceptive practices and pregnancy intendedness among pregnant adolescents
title_sort contraceptive practices and pregnancy intendedness among pregnant adolescents
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25848322
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S77077
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