Postpartum Tubal Sterilization in Sickle Cell Disease in the 2012-2019 National Inpatient Sample.

ABSTRACT: Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with high-risk pregnancy and low rates of hormonal contraception use. Intersectional vulnerabilities among individuals with SCD in the United States raise historically and socially contingent questions about tubal sterilization (TS), yet immediate postpartum TS rates among individuals with SCD remain unknown. Methods: Using the 2012-2019 National Inpatient Sample, we conducted a repeated cross-sectional study to estimate the rate of TS among delivery hospitalizations for people with SCD, without SCD (non-SCD), Black people with and without SCD, and people with cystic fibrosis (CF). Logistic regression models estimated the adjusted odds of TS between SCD and comparison groups. Interaction analyses examined wheth

SUBMITTER: Luo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12937004 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature