Withdrawal users' experiences of and attitudes to contraceptive methods: a study from Eastern district of Tehran, Iran

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Anoushiravan Kazemnejad¹  Farkhondeh Amin Shokravi²  Alireza Hidarnia²  Parvin Rahnama³  Ali Montazeri⁴  Zeinab Ghazanfari⁵ 

[1] Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Tarbiat Moderes University, Tehran, Iran;Department of Health Education, Faculty of Medicine, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran;Department of Health Education, Faculty of Medicine, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran;Department of Midwifery, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran;Department of Mental Health, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran;Department of Public Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran;

关键词: Family Planning;    Contraceptive Method;    Unintended Pregnancy;    Unwanted Pregnancy;    Emergency Contraception;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-10-779

 received in 2010-03-17, accepted in 2010-12-22,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to explore withdrawal users' experiences of and attitudes to contraceptive methods in Tehran, Iran.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study. A sample of women attending a health care center in Tehran, Iran was entered into the study. To collect data structured interviews were conducted.ResultsIn all 300 women who were using withdrawal took part in the study. Of these, 210 women (70%) indicated that they were used modern contraceptive methods previously. The mean duration for withdrawal use was 6.5 (SD = 4.9) and for modern contraceptive it was 2.3 (SD = 2.9) years. The most common reasons for using withdrawal were: no cost involvement, did not need medical advice, having fewer side effects and easier to use than other methods. The main obstacles to use modern contraceptives were: health concerns, fear of side effects, misinformation, lack of confidence and sexual dissatisfaction.ConclusionThe study results suggest that withdrawal users carry misconceptions about modern contraception and exaggerate its related health problems. Indeed these are important issues for the understanding of attitudes and experiences of women in Iran. The findings from this study might be essential for making evidence-based policy decisions, and for planning, monitoring and evaluating reproductive health programs in Iran and elsewhere.

【 授权许可】

Unknown   
© Rahnama et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.