Reproductive outcomes of patients with unfulfilled postpartum permanent contraception requests.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients who request but do not receive postpartum permanent contraception (PC) are at high risk of subsequent short-interval pregnancy.

Objective

To describe contemporary subsequent pregnancy rates in patients requesting but not receiving postpartum PC.

Design

Single-site retrospective cohort study using medical record data of 2720 patients, 388 of whom presented for delivery with a signed Medicaid sterilization form.

Methods

Reproductive outcomes of patients with unfulfilled postpartum PC requests (n = 234) were compared to a comparison group (n = 246) who did not request postpartum PC using descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression.

Results

The overall PC completion rate was 39.7%. Among those with unfulfilled requests, 15

SUBMITTER: Trompeter GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12314231 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature