Salih Ruqaya Adnan
From the Family and Community Medicine Department, College of Medicine, University of Mosul, Iraq.
Saudi Med J. 2024 Dec;45(12):1368-1373. doi: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.12.20240565.
To assess factors influencing choice of contraceptive methods among women in Mosul, Iraq.
An analytic cross-sectional study was conducted during the period extending from July 2022 to March 2023, and a convenience sample of 100 women at child-bearing age (15-49 years) was collected from those attending the Family Planning Clinic at Al-Khansaa Teaching Hospital in Mosul. A direct interview was used to collect data required by using a special questionnaire form. Data was tabulated and analyzed using Excel 2010 and Statistical Package of the Social Sciences, version 24.0. The frequency and percentage of variables have been calculated. Together with calculating factors influencing choice of contraceptive method by using the Chi-Square test to compare different factors, -value of <0.05 was considered significant.
The commonest method used was coitus interruptus (43%), follow by pills in 21%. The most important factor influenced the choice of the contraceptive method was the safety of method with fewer side effects (=0.001).
Although different modern contraceptive methods are available, coitus interruptus (withdrawal) was found to be the most frequent method used awing to its safety. Adapting a national program to increase women's awareness for other method is needed to be applied in all antenatal care unit in Primary Health Center for pregnant women and encouraging them to decided using these methods after delivery.
评估影响伊拉克摩苏尔女性避孕方法选择的因素。
于2022年7月至2023年3月期间进行了一项分析性横断面研究，从摩苏尔阿尔-汉萨教学医院计划生育诊所的就诊者中收集了100名育龄（15 - 49岁）女性的便利样本。通过使用特殊问卷形式进行直接访谈来收集所需数据。使用Excel 2010和社会科学统计软件包第24.0版对数据进行制表和分析。计算了变量的频率和百分比。通过卡方检验计算影响避孕方法选择的因素以比较不同因素，P值<0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
最常用的方法是体外射精（43%），其次是口服避孕药（21%）。影响避孕方法选择的最重要因素是副作用较少的方法的安全性（P = 0.001）。
尽管有不同的现代避孕方法，但由于其安全性，体外射精是最常用的方法。需要在初级卫生中心的所有产前护理单位实施一项全国性计划，以提高女性对其他方法的认识，并鼓励她们在产后决定使用这些方法。
