Patterns of contraceptive use among young Australian women with chronic disease: findings from a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given chronic disease is increasing among young women and unintended pregnancies among these women are associated with poor maternal and fetal outcomes, these women would benefit from effective preconception care. However, there is a lack of understanding of how these women use or don't use contraception to inform such interventions. This study examined patterns of contraceptive use among an Australian cohort of young women and investigated the influence of chronic disease on contraceptive use over time.

Methods

Using data from 15,244 young women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (born 1989-1995), latent transition analysis was performed to identify distinct contraceptive patterns among women who were at risk of an unintended pregnancy. Mult

SUBMITTER: Harris ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9078003 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature