Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Family planning deals with reproductive health of the mother, having adequate birth spacing, avoiding undesired pregnancies and abortions, preventing sexually transmitted diseases and improving the quality of life of mother, fetus and family as a whole. This is a cross‐sectional study conducted at department of OBG at Vani Vilas Hospital, attached to Bangalore medical college and research institute, a tertiary care center. After obtaining approval and clearance from institutional ethical committee and written informed consent. The patient fulfilling the inclusion criteria were enrolled for the study. Among 250 women, 71.2% had ever used family planning methods, 65.6% had used contraception to prevent unwanted pregnancy. 82.6% had used on their own and 86% wanted to use in future. Among the various reasons for not using contraception were, 31.2% had lack of information, 28% had prohibition from husband and 21.2% for the prohibition from family and fear of side effects were seen in 9.2%. the type of family planning method which was used maximum was pills seen in 63.2% followed by condoms in 30.4%, 4.4% used intrauterine device and 2% used injectables.
How to cite this article:
Sharadini Naveen Kumar, M. Raksha, Shashikala B. Patil and Kople Shreya Kamlakar. Women in the Reproductive Age Groups: Contraceptive Practices.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.8.436.439
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