Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2024 Oct;167(1):287-294. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.15542. Epub 2024 Apr 18.
Pandemics have affected many people's social and emotional lives. Conception planning, contraceptive usage, and pregnancy intentions are activities with minimal research. This study is the first to evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced reproductive plans and contraceptive use among women during the pandemic in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2022.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted by sending an online questionnaire to married women from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire included demographics, personal obstetrics information, changes in pregnancy intentions owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, and questions about contraceptive usage. Qualitative data were presented as frequencies, and a χ test was performed to determine the relationships among the variables.
A total of 639 women enrolled in the study; most participants were 25-34 years old, and most indicated they changed their reproductive intentions during the pandemic (49%). Family planning accounted for 25.8% of participants who changed their reproductive intentions. Only 17.5% changed their choices because of fear of the COVID-19 impact. The percentage of women using contraception was significantly reduced during the lockdown, to 36.8%. Oral contraceptive pills were the most frequently used method during the curfew period (17.5%).
The COVID-19 lockdown affected the reproductive intentions of most women in Jeddah, and it significantly reduced contraceptive use.
大流行影响了许多人的社会和生活。生育计划、避孕措施和怀孕意愿等活动的研究较少。本研究首次评估了 2022 年沙特阿拉伯吉达的 COVID-19 大流行如何影响女性在大流行期间的生育计划和避孕措施使用情况。
通过向沙特阿拉伯吉达的已婚妇女发送在线问卷进行横断面调查。问卷包括人口统计学、个人产科信息、因 COVID-19 大流行而改变的怀孕意愿，以及关于避孕措施使用情况的问题。定性数据以频率呈现，并进行 χ 检验以确定变量之间的关系。
共有 639 名妇女参加了这项研究；大多数参与者年龄在 25-34 岁之间，大多数人表示他们在大流行期间改变了生育意愿（49%）。计划生育占改变生育意愿的参与者的 25.8%。只有 17.5%的人因担心 COVID-19 的影响而改变了选择。封锁期间使用避孕措施的妇女人数明显减少，至 36.8%。在封锁期间，最常使用的避孕方法是口服避孕药（17.5%）。
COVID-19 封锁影响了吉达大多数妇女的生育意愿，并显著减少了避孕措施的使用。
