Abstract
Contraception can reduce the risk of unintended pregnancies, but also allow preservation of fertility and optimizing health before pregnancy. In addition, hormonal contraceptives (drospirenone/ethinyl estradiol) reduce the risk of heavy menstrual bleeding, dysmenorrhea and some types of cancer. The research aimed to evaluate predictors of unintended pregnancy reporting at medical students of University of Timisoara in 2014-2015. The study population included 1,298 women of 18-25 years-old, 58.8% of them being first year medicine students, and 41.2% last year medicine students. The mean age of first year female medicine students was significantly lower than the age of the last year female medicine students, [0.001. The working method was the transverse population survey. Unintended pregnancies were reported as 4.2% for one pregnancy and 0.5% for two or more pregnancies, with no significant difference between juniors and teens. In the multivariate model, major predictors (odds ratio, OR ] 3) for unwanted pregnancies were: active sexual life (in the last 3 months, OR = 4.175), followed by contraceptive methods such as coitus interruptus (OR = 3.355), calendar method (OR = 3.235) and spermicidal substances (OR = 3.126).
Highlights
Contraception can reduce the risk of unintended pregnancies, and allow preservation of fertility and optimizing health before pregnancy
In the YRBSS 2015 study the results showed high percentages of young people using condom as a contraceptive method, 56.9% reporting the use of a condom during the last sexual intercourse
Contraceptive methods are largely adequate for female sex, contraception for men should be Conclusions In order to prevent unintended pregnancy, methods should be considered in contraceptive counseling
Summary
The sample of 1298 female medical students in Timisoara, taken in the course of 2014-2015, brings together the junior students of the first year of study and the sixthyear students. Students in the first year are 58.8%, 18-25 years of age, with the highest representation of 20-year-old students. The average age of first year medicine students is 20.36 years with DS (standard deviation) 1.174 years and ESM (mean standard error) of 0.043 years. Senior medical students in the 6th year are 41.2%, aged 19-25 years old with the highest representation of 22-year-old students. The average age of the last year students is 22.09 years with the DS 1,192 years and ESM 0.52 years. The working method was the transversal population study based on the use of the Health Risks Questionnaire for Teenagers and Young People [19]. For the ordinal data comparisons, we used the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis test. The Chi-square test was used in ordinal/nominal data tables. The logarithmic regression test was used to predict different patterns of association between risk behaviors
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