Berhane Yemane, Berhe Haftu, Abera Gerezgiher Buruh, Berhe Hailemariam
Axum College of Nursing, Tigray, Ethiopia.
ISRN AIDS. 2013 Sep 25;2013:319724. doi: 10.1155/2013/319724. eCollection 2013.
Background. HIV infected women in sub-Saharan Africa are at substantial risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. In developing countries including Ethiopia counseling and provision of modern contraceptives of choice to HIV infected women including those on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is an important strategy to prevent unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Little is known about the existing practices and utilization of modern contraceptives among HIV positive reproductive age women attending ART units. Objective. The aim of this study was to assess utilization of modern contraceptives and associated factors among HIV positive reproductive age women attending ART units in zonal hospitals of Tigray region, North Ethiopia. Method. Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted by interviewing 364 HIV positive reproductive age women in all zonal hospitals of Tigray region using systematic sampling technique. Structured and pretested questionnaire was used to obtain information from the respondents. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate methods were used to analyze utilization of modern contraceptives and the factors associated with it. Result. Three hundred sixty-four subjects participated with a response rate of 99.2%. The mean age of the respondents was 31.9 ± 6.5 (SD) years. About 46% of participants utilized modern contraceptives, 59.9% out of them used dual method. However, a significant proportion of the respondents (46%) reported that they wished to have a desire for children. Being secondary education and higher (AOR: 2.85; 95% CI: 1.17-6.95) and currently on HAART (AOR: 3.23; 95% CI: 1.49-7.01) they were more likely to utilize modern contraceptive. But those women who were ≥25 years old, house wives, single, divorced, or widowed were less likely to utilize modern contraceptive. Conclusion. Results of this study revealed that the number of respondents who were ever heard of modern contraceptives was high. However, modern contraceptive utilization was still low. Additional efforts are needed to promote modern contraceptive utilization in general and dual method use in particular among HIV positive reproductive age women.
背景。撒哈拉以南非洲地区的感染艾滋病毒妇女意外怀孕和感染性传播感染的风险很大。在包括埃塞俄比亚在内的发展中国家,为感染艾滋病毒的妇女(包括接受抗逆转录病毒疗法的妇女)提供咨询并提供其选择的现代避孕药具,是预防意外怀孕和性传播感染的一项重要策略。对于在接受抗逆转录病毒治疗单位就诊的艾滋病毒阳性育龄妇女中现代避孕药具的现有使用情况和利用率知之甚少。目的。本研究的目的是评估埃塞俄比亚北部提格雷地区各地区医院中接受抗逆转录病毒治疗单位就诊的艾滋病毒阳性育龄妇女对现代避孕药具的使用情况及相关因素。方法。采用系统抽样技术,对提格雷地区所有地区医院的364名艾滋病毒阳性育龄妇女进行访谈,开展基于机构的横断面研究。使用结构化且经过预测试的问卷从受访者那里获取信息。采用描述性、双变量和多变量方法分析现代避孕药具的使用情况及其相关因素。结果。364名受试者参与研究,应答率为99.2%。受访者的平均年龄为31.9±6.5(标准差)岁。约46%的参与者使用现代避孕药具,其中59.9%使用双重方法。然而,相当比例的受访者(46%)表示她们希望生育子女。接受过中等及以上教育(调整后比值比:2.85;95%置信区间:1.17 - 6.95)以及目前正在接受高效抗逆转录病毒治疗(调整后比值比:3.23;95%置信区间:1.49 - 7.01)的妇女更有可能使用现代避孕药具。但年龄≥25岁、家庭主妇、单身、离婚或丧偶的妇女使用现代避孕药具的可能性较小。结论。本研究结果显示,听说过现代避孕药具的受访者人数较多。然而,现代避孕药具的使用率仍然较低。总体上需要做出更多努力来促进现代避孕药具的使用,特别是在艾滋病毒阳性育龄妇女中推广双重方法的使用。