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Abstract
The decision to use one contraceptive method over another is influenced by personal choice, perceptions of efficacy, personal risk, age, cost, education, current number of children, and level of cooperation between partners. (Sharon et al., 2004)
120 women with mean age 35 years (±15), average parity was 3 (±2), using a contraceptive method for at least 6 months, answered a questionnaire after oral consent, which included demographic data, and 35 questions on various contraceptive methods (concerned with how the method is used, efficacy, adverse effects and some common misconceptions.) to be answered with “true”, “false”, or “I don’t know”
Distribution of contraceptive methods among respondents was: 54.16% used IUCD, 19.166% used COC, 17.5% were using Depo-provera, 7.5% used POP, and 2.5% only used condoms, respectively.
Age affects women’s choice of contraceptive methods younger women used IUCD, COC, POP, long acting progesterone, and condoms, while older respondents used mainly IUCD (> 73%) and rarely used other contraceptive methods.
Education level affects women’s choice of contraceptive methods: most of the uneducated group used IUCDs (>85%), the higher the educational levels the more variable contraceptives are used.
In this study women who shifted contraceptive methods were 27.5% of respondents. The highest value was women who shifted from COC to IUCD due to forgetting pills (24.24% ), followed by women who shifted from IUCD to COC or from POP to IUCD due to menstrual irregularities mainly menorrahgia (12.12%).
The overall awareness about the different contraceptive methods was: fair (44.9% correct answers).
The educational level significantly affects knowledge about contraceptive methods, >50% of the high educated women belonged to the excellent, and good knowledge groups, while most the uneducated women, and the primary educated women belonged to either the fair, or the poor knowledge groups. The higher the educational level the better the contraceptive knowledge.
Contraceptive method used doesn’t affect the over all women’s knowledge about contraceptive methods significantly. Although each group tend to answer questions related to the contraceptive method they use in better way than other groups.
Women in this study demonstrated some important gaps in their knowledge about commonly used con-traceptive methods. Health care professionals need to develop more effective education about contraception.