نوع مقاله : اصیل پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 مربی گروه مامایی، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کردستان، کردستان، ایران.
2 کارشناس مامایی، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کردستان، کردستان، ایران.
3 استادیار گروه زنان و مامایی، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کردستان، کردستان، ایران.
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Introduction: Unwanted pregnancy is one of the major health problems which can cause serious health problems for mother and neonate and also, lead to high costs for health system. This study was performed with the aim to determine the prevalence of unwanted pregnancy and some related factors among pregnant women referred to health centers in Sanandaj.
Methods: This descriptive- analytic study was performed on 1070 pregnant women referred to Sanandaj health centers in 2011. The data collection tools were the questionnaire consisting of questions about demographic characteristics and information about contraception method before pregnancy, contraception failure and type of pregnancy. Data was analyzed using SPSS software (version 16) and chi- square test. PResults: the results of this study showed that %25.1 of pregnancies were unwanted which 20.4% was related to women, 8.6% related to husbands, and %71 related to both. There was statistic significance difference between unwanted pregnancy and contraceptive failure method (P= 0.001), sufficient monthly income (P = 0.001), emotional relationship with husband (P = 0.001), mother's age (P=0.009), parity (P=0.001), occupation of mother (P=0.018), and employment of husband (P= 0.020).
Conclusion: It seems that we can reduce the rate of unwanted pregnancies by increasing women's knowledge about contraceptive methods and men participation in reproductive health program.
Key word: Prevalence, Pregnant women, Unwanted pregnancy.
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