Norplant: users' perspective in Pakistan
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : N. REHAN (1), A. INAYATULLAH (2) and I. CHAUDHARY (2)
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 1999
Description
Five hundred and eighteen Norplant acceptors (260 ever-users and 258 current users) were interviewed to assess their perceptions about Norplant. The mean age of the acceptors was 32.6+5.7 years (mean+SD). The mean parity was 4.3 and many of the users (40.2%) were illiterate. The most common reason to choose Norplant was its long duration of action (70.1%) followed by doctor's advice (10.4%) and use by other women (10.1%). Norplant was recommended by family planning workers in 35.3% cases, doctors in 29.2% cases and friends in 17.4% cases. Advertisement did not play any role in the women's choice of Norplant. In 77.3% cases, the decision to use Norplant was a joint decision. Only 15% of the users had fears/anxieties before insertion. Most of these women (44%) were concerned about possible ill-e،ects of Norplant on their health rather than e¤cacy. The social acceptance of Norplant was very high (76%) and more than half of the users (52.5%) were satis¢ed with the method. Among current users, 83.9% wanted to continue Norplant for 5 years. Only 39 users (15.1%) intended to discontinue. The main reason for discontinuation was menstrual disturbance (69.2%), followed by weight gain (12.7%). The study suggests that long duration of e،ective action and high social acceptance are likely to make Norplant a popular method among Pakistani women.
Advances in Contraception, 1999; 15: 95^107. #1999Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in theNetherlands
