PPIUCD: awareness and reasons for non-acceptance

Abstract

Background: The recommended interval between pregnancies is at least 24 months in order to reduce the risk of adverse maternal, perinatal and infant outcomes. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India has taken initiative for provision of IUCD in immediate postpartum period. Several training programs and awareness camps are conducted by NHM for health service providers and also for the public. The aim of the study was to determine proportion of women accepting post placental intrauterine Contraceptive Device insertion, and to describe the factors associated with acceptability and non-acceptance.Methods: The study was conducted at the Government Medical College Thrissur, Kerala, India and study period was 1 year (2014-2015). The study population included women who planned to deliver at Government Medical College, Thrissur during the study period including vaginal and caesarean section.Results: The awareness regarding PPIUCD was only 11.1% whereas for interval IUCD it was 94.9%. The acceptance rate of PPIUCD was very low (10.5%). The most common reason to accept was its long action (68.5%) The most common reason for rejection was that they wanted permanent sterilisation. The other reasons for non-acceptance include unwillingness of husband, fear of complications etc.Conclusions: The acceptance rate was very low even though majority of the study population were well educated. The most common reason for acceptance was long action followed by reversibility.The reasons for refusal like unwillingness of husband, fear of complications etc. can be overcome by proper counselling and public awareness programs.

Evaluation of factors associated with acceptance of post-partum intrauterine contraceptive device in a tertiary care hospital

“…Alukal et al also stated similar finding with 74.1% acceptance in women having unplanned pregnancy. 18 This indicates that women who had unplanned pregnancies either due to non-use of contraception or due to previously failed contraception are more motivated for PPIUCD insertion.…”

Factors Affecting Post Placental Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Device Insertion Rate

“…Different studies have recorded rates as low as 8% to as high as 50%. [14][15][16][17][18] A low acceptance rate (8.2%) has been recorded by Prabha et al 14 In a study conducted by Kachan Rani, 15 high rate (51.6%) of acceptance of PPIUCD was found. An acceptance rate ranging between 43.8 -50% has been mentioned in a research work done by Rajuan Doley et al 18 The rate (24.36%) of PPIUCD insertion recorded in our study lies midway between above mentioned studies.…”

“…An acceptance rate ranging between 43.8 -50% has been mentioned in a research work done by Rajuan Doley et al 18 The rate (24.36%) of PPIUCD insertion recorded in our study lies midway between above mentioned studies. [15][16][17][18][19] The difference in rate of insertion is due to multiple factors operating in different setups.…”

Awareness of post partum intra uterine contraceptive device and reasons for its low acceptance in an urban Indian population

“…Several studies have explored reasons for low acceptance of the PPIUCD. [6][7][8] Several of these are common irrespective of the demographical differences. One of the most common reasons authors found for non-acceptance of PPIUCD was general apprehension which accounted for a whopping 29% (almost one third) of reasons for refusal.…”