Reasons associated with common contraceptive methods used among women in Qaladze district

• Published in: Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 106 - 114
• Main Authors: barzayn, AbdAllah Ibrahim, Abd al-Sahib, Sana H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Najaf, Iraq University of Kufa, Faculty of Nursing 23-12-2022
• ISSN: 2223-4055; 2521-8638
• DOI: 10.36321/kjns.vi20222.10568

Background : Family planning is the deliberate use of contraception to arrange a couple's desired childbearing plan and number, family planning is the practice of using contraceptives to avoid unplanned pregnancies, have fewer children, and spacing out childbirths.
Objectives : To assess reasons associated with common family planning methods used among women in Qaladze district.
Methodology : A cross-sectional study was conducted on reproductive age women in Qaladze district. Data collection started on 1stof June, 2022 and ended in 1st, August, 2022.a non-probability purposive sampling used to recruit 180 women who were living in Qaladze district and its surroundings. Special questionnaire constructed for proper data collection based on extensive review of related literature and studies. For data processing and statistical analysis, the statistical program for social science (SPSS, Version 25) was used.
Results : The mean age of the respondents was (34 ±6.842),most of the study samples were illiterate (14.4% n=35) With regards to the residential area of the study participants a large number of them were came from urban residents (78.9%, n=142). (80.6%, n=145) of them were nuclear parents. Regarding the reasons for using the current method of contraception, most common reason for choosing was healthiness and safety (55.6%, n=100) least common chosen reason for using contraceptive methods was cheapness (22.2%, n=40).concerning to the common contraceptive method used in Qaladze district, the majority were use coitous interruptus (51.7%).
Conclusion : More than half of them in Qaladze chose healthiness and safety as a reason for using their current contraceptive method, common contraceptive method used in the area was coitous interruptus which holds more than half of the participants, following by condom users, least methods used by them were lactational amenorrhea and injectable contraceptives.