Gothwal Meenakshi, Tak Apoorva, Aggarwal Lovey, Rathore Ajey Singh, Singh Pratibha, Yadav Garima, Sharma Charu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Feb 28;9(2):706-710. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1012_19. eCollection 2020 Feb.
Despite the increase in contraceptive usage over the years, there still exists a gap in the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding contraception. The study has been designed to assess the knowledge, attitude, practice, and preferences on contraceptive methods among the nursing staff, to determine the association between knowledge and attitude on contraceptive methods with the variables.
A cross-sectional descriptive study of 173 nursing staff using a structured questionnaire on knowledge, attitude scale, and practice and preference were done at AIIMS, Jodhpur during June 2018 to August 2019.
It was observed that 82.6% were of 21-30 years of age, 86.7% were Hindus, 67% were from the nuclear family, 41% were married between 19 and 25 years, 86.7% were nulliparous, 75.7% had access to various contraceptives through health workers, 79.8% got information through media. 73.4% were willing to use postpartum contraception. In our study, a major reason for 80.9% to use family planning was to prevent unintended pregnancies. Majority 71% had the favorable attitude and 14.4% had an unfavorable attitude toward contraceptive methods. In this study, 64.1% preferred male condom as Rank 1, intrauterine device 57.8% as Rank 2, and Lactational Amenorrhea Method 58.3% as Rank 3 for postpartum contraception. There was an association between the practice of family planning and marital status, age, and family size.
The study showed that the majority of the females nursing staff had moderate knowledge and favorable attitude toward contraception use.
尽管多年来避孕措施的使用有所增加，但在避孕知识、态度和实践方面仍存在差距。本研究旨在评估护理人员对避孕方法的知识、态度、实践和偏好，以确定避孕方法的知识和态度与各变量之间的关联。
2018年6月至2019年8月期间，在焦特布尔全印医学科学研究所对173名护理人员进行了一项横断面描述性研究，使用了一份关于知识、态度量表以及实践和偏好的结构化问卷。
观察发现，82.6%的人年龄在21至30岁之间，86.7%为印度教徒，67%来自核心家庭，41%在19至25岁之间结婚，86.7%未生育，75.7%通过卫生工作者获得各种避孕药具，79.8%通过媒体获取信息。73.4%的人愿意使用产后避孕措施。在我们的研究中，80.9%的人使用计划生育的主要原因是预防意外怀孕。大多数（71%）对避孕方法持积极态度，14.4%持消极态度。在本研究中，64.1%的人将男用避孕套列为产后避孕的首选，宫内节育器以57.8%列为第二，哺乳期闭经法以58.3%列为第三。计划生育实践与婚姻状况、年龄和家庭规模之间存在关联。
研究表明，大多数女性护理人员对避孕使用有中等程度的知识和积极态度。
