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Predictors of Unintended Pregnancy among Married Women in Hamadan, Western Iran: A Case-Control Study

BACKGROUND: Literatures that focus on the risk factors of unintended pregnancy among married women are limited especially in developing countries. The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of unintended pregnancy in a west region of Iran. METHODS: This case-control study was conducted fr...

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Autores principales: CHERAGHI, Parvin, POOROLAJAL, Jalal, MOEINI, Babak, CHERAGHI, Zahra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4441916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26056639
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author CHERAGHI, Parvin
POOROLAJAL, Jalal
MOEINI, Babak
CHERAGHI, Zahra
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description BACKGROUND: Literatures that focus on the risk factors of unintended pregnancy among married women are limited especially in developing countries. The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of unintended pregnancy in a west region of Iran. METHODS: This case-control study was conducted from September to November 2011 in Hamadan City, western Iran. A stratified cluster random sampling method was used for data collection. All participants were enrolled voluntarily into the study including 181 cases and 391 controls. Cases were married women with unintended pregnancy. Controls were married women with planned pregnancy. RESULTS: Of 572 participants, 31 (5.4%) women had not used any methods of contraception prior to the recent pregnancy. The proportion of using ineffective contraceptive methods such as withdrawal was higher in cases than in controls. The most effective predictor of unintended pregnancy was the number of previous alive children so that the risk of unplanned pregnancy increased 3.68 per one child (P<0.001). CONCLUSION: This study introduced several effective predictors for unintended pregnancy among married women which may be useful for family planning programs. The high-risk population should be strongly advised to use highly effective contraceptive methods such as tubal ligation, vasectomy or OCP provided that being used correctly.
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spelling pubmed-44419162015-06-08 Predictors of Unintended Pregnancy among Married Women in Hamadan, Western Iran: A Case-Control Study CHERAGHI, Parvin POOROLAJAL, Jalal MOEINI, Babak CHERAGHI, Zahra Iran J Public Health Original Article BACKGROUND: Literatures that focus on the risk factors of unintended pregnancy among married women are limited especially in developing countries. The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of unintended pregnancy in a west region of Iran. METHODS: This case-control study was conducted from September to November 2011 in Hamadan City, western Iran. A stratified cluster random sampling method was used for data collection. All participants were enrolled voluntarily into the study including 181 cases and 391 controls. Cases were married women with unintended pregnancy. Controls were married women with planned pregnancy. RESULTS: Of 572 participants, 31 (5.4%) women had not used any methods of contraception prior to the recent pregnancy. The proportion of using ineffective contraceptive methods such as withdrawal was higher in cases than in controls. The most effective predictor of unintended pregnancy was the number of previous alive children so that the risk of unplanned pregnancy increased 3.68 per one child (P<0.001). CONCLUSION: This study introduced several effective predictors for unintended pregnancy among married women which may be useful for family planning programs. The high-risk population should be strongly advised to use highly effective contraceptive methods such as tubal ligation, vasectomy or OCP provided that being used correctly. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013-08 2013-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4441916/ /pubmed/26056639 Text en Copyright© Iranian Public Health Association & Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Predictors of Unintended Pregnancy among Married Women in Hamadan, Western Iran: A Case-Control Study
title Predictors of Unintended Pregnancy among Married Women in Hamadan, Western Iran: A Case-Control Study
title_full Predictors of Unintended Pregnancy among Married Women in Hamadan, Western Iran: A Case-Control Study
title_fullStr Predictors of Unintended Pregnancy among Married Women in Hamadan, Western Iran: A Case-Control Study
title_full_unstemmed Predictors of Unintended Pregnancy among Married Women in Hamadan, Western Iran: A Case-Control Study
title_short Predictors of Unintended Pregnancy among Married Women in Hamadan, Western Iran: A Case-Control Study
title_sort predictors of unintended pregnancy among married women in hamadan, western iran: a case-control study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4441916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26056639
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