Contraceptive uptake in postpartum people with and without opioid use disorder and opioid use with co-occurring substance use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Using contraception to delay pregnancy allows people with opioid use disorder (OUD) to choose when they are ready to continue their families. Yet, postpartum contraceptive uptake among people with OUD has not been well characterized.

Methods

Analyses used 73,811 pregnancy episodes among 61,221 people (2016-2021) from the St. Louis University-SSM Virtual Data Warehouse. OUD was defined from the year prior and through pregnancy. Contraceptive uptake was defined within 90-days after delivery. We used Generalized Estimating Equations-type multinomial logit models to assess association of OUD +/- co-occurring substance use disorders (SUDs) with any contraception (yes/no) and type of contraception (effective - pills, patch, ring, injection; or highly effective - long-ac

SUBMITTER: Bello JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11261297 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature