Health Effects of Modern Temporary Female Hormonal Contraceptives among the Women in the Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City of Western Nepal
Introduction: Prior studies in Nepal which observed the contraceptive behaviour of women have shown that most of the women who wanted to have either birth space or who limited their births primarily, do not use contraceptives because of health concerns, particularly from hormonal methods. Objec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2012-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/1881/12%20-%203493.(A).pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: Prior studies in Nepal which observed the
contraceptive behaviour of women have shown that most of the
women who wanted to have either birth space or who limited
their births primarily, do not use contraceptives because of
health concerns, particularly from hormonal methods.
Objective: To study the use of modern female temporary
hormonal contraceptives and their health effects.
Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in the
institutionalized family planning centre of the government
and non government organizations of Pokhara, Nepal. The
data which were collected were the health effects of modern
temporary female hormonal contraceptives and the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics from the interviews
of 120 respondents.
Result: Depo clients were found to be more in number than
others. The contraceptive acceptor age was highest among
the 20 -34 year old females. The marriage and first child birth
age was highest among 15-19 year old females and most of
the temporary family planning contraceptive acceptors adopted
the method after their first child birth. A majority of them had
one boy and one girl as children. Though illiterate women were
a majority, fifty percent knew all the four methods of female
temporary contraceptives. Economically, most of the families
annually earned Rs. 50001-100000, which was 43.3 percent. The
side effects of the female temporary hormonal contraceptives
were prevalent, but the warning effects were not indicated in this
study. The warning effects such as lower abdominal or pelvic
pain, severe headache, eye problems, vision loss or blurring,
chest pain, cough, shortness of breath and severe leg pain (calf/
thigh) due to bone damage were not found.
Conclusion: This study revealed that during long term use,
nearly hundred percent of the women didn’t feel any bad warning
health effects due to use of hormonal contraceptives. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |