Factors affecting the use of long term and permanent contraceptive methods: a Facebook-focused cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the Muslim world, the use and acceptance of long-term and permanent contraceptives were limited. Our aim was to investigate those limiting factors so we can help making these methods widely available and acceptable to the society.

Methods and data analysis

There were 1365 women from Facebook groups in the period 08/10/2020-8/11/2020. Participants were married women, living in Jordan. This was a cross-sectional study. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 16, software was used for statistical analysis (Chicago, Illinois, USA).

Results

Among participants, 22.3% had never used any contraceptives. Non-hormonal IUCD was the most commonly used method. There was a statistically significant association between the use of hormonal IUCD and wom

SUBMITTER: Al-Husban N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9160863 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature