Investigation of the status of contraceptive adoption and knowledge of contraception of 191 postpartum women in Guilin
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2012.29.009
- VernacularTitle:桂林市产后妇女避孕节育状况及知识掌握调查
- Author:
Si-Yu CHEN
1
;
Shao-Mei SHANG
;
Xiao-Yan JIN
;
Gui-Ping ZHAO
Author Information
1. 541001,桂林医学院附属医院妇产科
- Keywords:
Contraception;
Postpartum sexual life;
Questionnaires investigation;
Mastery of knowledge
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2012;18(29):3502-3504
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the status of cnntraceptive adoption and knowledge of contraception of 191 postpartum women in Northern Guangxi and analyze influencing factors,as so to provide practical advices to increase postpartum contraception rate and improve their life quality.Methods Questionnaires was used to inveterate 191 postpartum women from Guilin in November 2011.Results 62.8％ of 191 postpartum women succeeded in contraception and 5.2％ were pregnant accidentally; 88.9％ used contraceptive tools;66.5％ chose contraceptive methods after discussion with their husbands.Average score of contraceptive knowledge was 56.68±13.25,and the lowest were the knowledge dimensions of recovery time of reproductive ability and damages caused by induced abortion.Conclusions Measures should be taken to strengthen health education of postpartum contraception,to improve contraception knowledge of parturient women and to increase postpartum contraception rate,so that unplanned pregnancy can be avoided to make sure the health of both mothers and children.
