Evli Kadınların Doğurganlığa ve Aile Planlamasına Yönelik Tutumları ile Kontraseptif Yöntem Kullanma Niyetleri Arasındaki İlişki: Tanımlayıcı ve Kesitsel Çalışma

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the attitudes of married women towards fertility and family planning (FP), their intentions to use contraceptive method and the relationship between them. Material and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in a province located in the Central East Anatolia Region of Türkiye between April 2018 and June 2019. A total of 610 married women who applied to the family health centers in the central districts of the relevant province and met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. The Descriptive Characteristics Form, Attitudes of Women towards Fertility Scale, Family Planning Attitude Scale and Contraceptive Intent Questionnaire were used for the data collection. Results: The total mean score of the Attitudes towards Fertility Scale was 70.49±9.73, while the corresponding values for the Family Planning Attitude Scale and the Contraceptive Intent Questionnaire were 111.89±21.21 and 4.53±3.55, respectively. A statistically significant, negative and weak relationship was found between the total mean scores of the Attitude towards Fertility Scale, the Family Planning Attitude Scale and the Contraceptive Intention Scale (p <0.001). A statistically significant, positive and weak relationship was found between the total mean scores of the Family Planning Attitude Scale and the Contraceptive Intent Questionnaire (p<0.001). Conclusion: It was determined that the attitudes of the women participants towards fertility and FP were moderately good, and their intentions to use contraceptive methods were low. The positive attitudes of the women towards FP and their intentions to use a contraceptive method expectedly decreased as their positive attitudes towards fertility increased. In the same vein, the intentions of the women to use contraceptive methods increased as their positive attitudes towards FP increased.