Utilization of Immediate Postpartum Intrauterine Contraceptive Device and Associated Factors among Women Who Gave Birth at Government Hospitals of Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2019

Abstract

Background: An intrauterine contraceptive device is suitable for women of all reproductive age groups for preventing unwanted pregnancies. Immediate post partum family planning services need to be emphasized where in the woman leaves the hospital with safe and effective contraception in place. Despite the accepted demand for post partum family planning, many women do not access the services they need prevent unintended pregnancies. Objective: To assess utilization of immediate postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device and associated factors among women who gave birth at government hospitals of Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Method: Facility-based crosses sectional study was conducted from March 1 to 30 of 452 participants were studied using systematic random sampling technique. Data were entered into Epi-data v. 4.2.2.1 and exported to SPSS v.23 for analysis. Crude or adjusted odds ratio, and 95% confidence interval were used to assess the strength of association and statistical significance. Variables which had a p-value of ≤0.25 in bivariate analysis were considered as candidates for multivariate regression analysis; variables that had a p-value of ≤0.05 in the multivariate analysis were considered as independent factors associated with utilization of immediate postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device among parturients in the final multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: This finding revealed that about 161 (36%) of the respondents had showed willingness to use immediate PPIUD, however, only about 62 (14%) of study participants were utilized immediate PPIUCD. Mothers who did not plan to have another child (AOR = 2.84, 95% CI, (1.12, 7.21), undecided plan to have another child (AOR = 2.55, 95% CI, (1.21, 5.35), counselled about PPIUCD (AOR=4.35, 95% CI, (2.11, 8.96) and completed ANC follow up (AOR=2.43, 95% CI, (1.28, 4.60) were associated with immediate post partum contraceptive device utilization. Conclusion and Recommendation: Even though 58% and 53% of the mothers were counselled and completed antenatal service respectively but efforts need to improve antenatal care service and integrate counselling service through the whole cascade of pregnancy.