Use of modern family planning methods among Saudi women in Taif, KSA
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https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20150412Keywords:
Use, Modern, Family planning, Taif, KSAAbstract
Background: Contraception is said to improve reproductive health so women should have access to the different methods of family planning and should be empowered to decide the use of contraceptives. A cross sectional study was carried out to identify the prevalence of contraceptive use and its methods among Saudi women in Taif region, KSA.
Methods: A structured questionnaire designed to obtain the necessary information from a convenient sample of 250 women of reproductive age, attending the gynecology and obstetrics outpatient clinics of king Abdul Aziz Specialized Hospital in Taif.
Results: The results revealed that 55.2 % of them aged between 30 and 40 years old, two-fifths (40.4 %) of them had 3 or 4 living children. 67.7 % of the study subjects was using contraception. The most common contraceptive used was oral contraception (53.8 %) followed by intrauterine device and injectable hormonal contraception respectively (34.3 % and 8.3 %). Religious believes was the most given reason for not using any method of contraception reported by 53.8 % of those not using any method of contraception among 81 (32.3 %) Saudi women out of 250 of the study subjects.
Conclusions: It can be concluded that the prevalence of contraception use among Saudi women of reproductive age between 15-49 years was 67.7 %. Oral contraception (53.8 %) was the most used contraceptive method followed by intrauterine device and injectable hormonal contraception respectively (34.3 % and 8.3 %). A further study is needed on a larger study sample to examine the effect of different demographic, social and economic determinants on the fertility behavior of Saudi women in Taif region.
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