شيوع حاملگي هاي ناخواسته و عوامل مرتبط با آن در زنان باردار مراجعه كننده به مراكز بهداشتي درماني شهر رفسنجان در سال 76-1375

Unwanted pregnancy and Related Factors in 1995 in Rafsanjan

Background: The growth of population is one of the greatest problems of third world countries and one of its most important reasons of this problem is the unwanted pregnancies ,which in different studies and countries variously reported. Materials and Methods:A descriptive cross- sectional study was carried out among 356 pregnant women that were randomly selected and given a questionaire to determine the prevalanee and related factors of unwanted pregnancies in Rafsanjan during the year 1995. Results: 14.7 % of women were illiterat, 54.4% had low education, 24.4% had diplomas and 6.5% had university level education . 90.1% of women were housewives and 38.8% of pregnancies had been unwanted. 72.7% of unwanted pregnancies had happened despite the use of contraceptions. of these precentage, 32.4% of contraceptions were natural, 34.2% had used oral contraceptives, 21.9% earldom, 4.8 %I.U.D and 6.7% breastfeeding as a method. statistical tests showed a significant relationship between the unwanted pregnancy and womensʹ age husbandsʹ age , womensʹ education, number of children (P=0.000) and husbandsʹ job (P=0.02). Conclusion:According to the results of this research which shows high prevalance of the unwanted pregnancy (even with the use of contraceptiones indicate the need of educating mothers with the help of health personnel about the use and methods of birth control seems necessary.