Trend and Methods of Contraceptives Usage at Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, North East Nigeria; A Five Years Review
Abstract
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Contraception has played a key role in fertility decline and reduction in maternal mortality, especially in countries with high contraceptive prevalence. Despite the high fertility rate of 5.7 children per woman in Nigeria, our contraceptive prevalence rate is low at 15%.
OBJECTIVE:
This study aimed to determine the pattern of contraceptive usage and socio-demographic characteristics of the users of family planning services in Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2021.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: This was a 5-year retrospective study.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
The records of the clients that attended the family planning clinic and patients who had Tubal ligation from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2020 were analysed. The variables taken into consideration included age, parity, marital status, educational status, number of living children and the methods of contraception used. These were analysed using Epi Info 2019 version 7.2.2.16
RESULT: A total of 4713 new clients attended the Family Planning Clinic of FTHG, Gombe within the period of review. There was a steady rise in the number of new clients accepting a method of contraception over the period from 302 (6.41%) in 2017 to 1948 (41.33%) in 2021. The commonest method of contraception was sub-dermal implant (2417; 51.28%), followed by Intrauterine device (1404; 29.8%), while the lowest was bilateral tubal ligation (29; 0.62%).
CONCLUSION: The acceptance rate of different the methods of contraception in our hospital are increasing rapidly and majority prefer long acting reversible contraceptives.
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