The effective of planned education and counseling on the
level
of women’s satisfaction with family planning services
N. Erbil1 and T. Pasinlioglu2
1Ondokuz Mayis Universitiy Ordu School of Health, Ordu, Turkey, 2Atatürk
University School of Nursing, Erzurum, Turkey
Objective This study was made to
determine the family planning services and the state of women’s satisfaction and
the effective of education and counseling given on the level of satisfaction
with family planning services.
Design and methods The study was carried out
two stages; the first stage was made as descriptive to determine the situation,
the second stage was made to evaluate whether the planned education and
counseling increase the level of satisfaction appropriate to the
quasi-experimental of pre-test / post-test with control group design. The study
was made Mother and Children Health and Family Planning Center (MCHFP) in Ordu.
The data of the first stage were collected between 1 April 2004 and 15 June
2004; and the data of the second stage were collected between 1 July 2004 and 15
January 2005. Convenience of nonrandomly sample method was used in this research
both the first stage and the second stage. The study was completed with 104
women; 53 of them as experimental group, and 51 of them as the control group.
The features of being graduated from elementary school at the least, and having
used the one of the family planning methods for at least six months were
especially wanted because at the first stage of the study women are asked to
answer the Measurement of Satisfaction with Family Planning Services (MSFPS)
developed by Erci. The statistical analysis of the data were used to percentile,
arithmetic mean and standard deviation, chi-square test, t test, Kruskal-Wallis
test, and Mann-White U Test, Correlation Analysis in SPSS 11.5 statistics packet
program.
Results It was found that in socio-demographic features, the age and
the working state of women in the experimental group, and the working state of
women in the control group made difference statistically significance on the
mean score of MSFPS. It was determined that the total mean score of women in
pre-test MSFPS in experimental group was 116.25±18.17, and that of in control
group was 124.73±18.73. Total mean score in post-test MSFPS in experimental
group was 140.11±24.02, and in control group was 128.43±25.44. When the mean
score of pre-test and post-test in MSFPS of women in experimental group was
compared, it was determined that there was a statistically significant
difference (P<0.001). When the mean score of pre-test and post-test in MSFPS of women in control group was compared, it was determined that there was not statistically significant difference (P>0.05).
Conclusion As a result, it
was determined that the mean score of post-test was obviously higher than
pre-test mean score in experimental group shows that the increase of
satisfaction from the Family Planning Services can be provided with planned
education and counseling.