Sociodemographic properties and contraception use of pregnants before
pregnancy
F. Altintasoglu, T. Mizrak, G. Koçun, M. Polat, S. Mun, C.E. Taner
Aegean Social Security And Maternity Teaching Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Objective: To investigate the sociodemographic properties and
contraception use of pregnants before pregnancy.
Materials and methods: 210 pregnant women who applicated Aegean Social
Security and Maternity Teaching Hospital Department of Obstetrics between the
years 1999 and 2002 were enrolled into our study group. The sociodemographic
properties and contraception use of the pregnants before pregnancy were
evaluated.
Results: Mean age of the pregnants was 22 (Range 15–36) years old
and 62 of 210 (29.5%) pregnants were in 19–22 age group. Mean gravida was 2
(Range 0–5). Most of the pregnants (n:102, 48.6%) were graduated from primary
school. 48 of 210 (22.9%) pregnants did not have taken any aid about
contraception methods and only 28 of 210 (13.3%) had taken information about
contraception from a doctor.71 of 210 (33.8%) pregnants had never used any kind
of contraception methods before pregnancy and the most frequently used
contraception methods were intrauterin device (21.9%), coitus interruptus(16.7%)
and condom (10.0%). The reason for the termination of contraception was
frequently desire of a child (n:85, 40.5%). 43 of 210 (20.5%) pregnants had at
least one induced abortion. The highest number of patients (n:17 of 43) who had
at least one induced abortion were the patients who had no education (39.5%).
Conclusion: We concluded that as the educational status increases,
gravida number of patients decreases, modern contraception method usage
increases and number of induced abortus decreases so we think that postpartum
educational programs about reproductive health and contraception use must be
presented more frequently to reduce unwanted pregnancies.
