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ABSTRACT
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Early discontinuation of implanon and its associated factors among women who ever used implanon in Ofla District, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia |
| Authors |
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KALAYU BIRHANE, SEIFU HAGOS, MESGANAW FANTAHUN |
| Keywords |
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Implanon, discontinuation rate, Tigray, Ethiopia |
| Issue Date |
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March 2015 |
| Abstract |
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Background: Contraceptive use plays an important role in minimizing unintended pregnancies, reduce maternal mortality, and improve child survival. Hence family planning programmes must motivate women to begin using contraception and must encourage women who are already using family planning not to discontinue. The decision to continue or discontinue use of a contraceptive involves multiple factors. Objective: The objective of the study was to determine early discontinuation rate of Implanon and to identify its associated factors among women who ever used implanon in 2012/2013 in Northern part of Ethiopia. Methods: a community based cross sectional study was conducted in 244 participants from January 20-March 09, 2014. All women who ever used implanon in 2012/2013 were included in the study .The data was entered and cleaned in Epi Info and analyzed using SPSS. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with early discontinuation of implanon. Result: The overall early implanon discontinuation rate was 16% .the mean (±SD) duration of implanon use in months was 6.6±2.8. The main reason for early discontinuation was health concerns followed by desire to have more children. Women who have developed side effects, who were not appointed for follow up and who were not satisfied by the service given during the implanon insertion were the predictors of early implanon discontinuation. Conclusions: Early implanon discontinuation rate was considerable and a health concern was the main reason for discontinuation. Pre insertion counseling, close monitoring and follow up of implanon users should be made to increase implanon continuation rate. |
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544-551 |
| ISSN |
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0975-9492 |
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Vol. 6, No.3 |
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