Factors Associated with Uptake of Effective and Ineffective Contraceptives among Polish Women during the First Period of the Covid-19 Pandemic

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ID15466014
AuthorsZbigniew Izdebski (0000-0003-0165-1860, University of Zielona Góra), Krzysztof Wąż (0000-0002-3072-4793, University of Zielona Góra), Damian Warzecha (0000-0002-2822-4896, Medical University of Warsaw, corresponding author), Joanna Mazur (0000-0002-0417-5743, University of Zielona Góra), Mirosław Wielgoś (0000-0003-2581-3668, Medical University of Warsaw)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue19
Pages12748-12748
Publication date2022-10-05
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph191912748
PMID36232046
OpenAlexW4303696469
LanguageEN
References cited26

The COVID-19 pandemic has burdened the healthcare system and influenced individuals' health-related choices. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and to identify the correlates of the use of more and less effective contraceptive methods among Poles in the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cross-sectional online study was conducted among the representative sample of 642 female respondents aged 18-49. Three groups of contraception choices (only effective methods-42.2%, mixed effective and ineffective methods-26.8%, none-31.0%) were distinguished and 11 potential determinants were considered. One in ten women declared having difficulty in accessing contraception during the first months of the pandemic. A multinomial logistic regression model explained 48.7% of the variation in contraceptive method choice. Both effective and ineffective methods were more often declared by young women, and less often in case of lower education, planning children or subjective no need for contraception. In addition, factors that reduced the chance of effective contraception were poor financial situation, already having children and a relatively higher degree of religiosity. The study confirmed that a significant share of Polish women do not opt for effective methods of contraception. Their choices had strong demographic, social and cultural determinants

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Cross-sectional study · Disease · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Logistic regression · Multinomial logistic regression · Pandemic · Population · Religiosity · Research methodology · Sociology · COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Social Psychology

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