Determinants of implanon discontinuation among women who ever used implanon in Shashemene district, west Arsi zone, Southern Ethiopia: unmatched case control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite tremendous work has been done on demand creation, capacity building and ensuring the logistics of Implanon; its discontinuation rate remained high in Ethiopia; the prevalence is reported to be 31% in Shashemene District. However, the factors contributing to the high prevalence of early Implanon discontinuation were not well understood in our study setting.

Objective

This study aimed to identify the determinants of implanon discontinuation among women who had ever used Implanon in Shashemene District, Southern Ethiopia.

Methods

A community-based unmatched case-control study was conducted among randomly selected 264 women (88 cases and 176 controls) in Shashemene District, Southern Ethiopia, from April 12 to May 18, 2021. A systematic random sampling

SUBMITTER: Lencha B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10548583 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature