Contraceptive Prevalence and Pattern among HIV Positive Women in Port Harcourt, South-South Nigeria

作     者：Cosmos E.ENYINDAH Bright O.ENAOHWO Cosmos E.ENYINDAH;Bright O.ENAOHWO

作者机构：Department of Obstetrics And GynaecologyCollege of Health SciencesUniversity of Port Harcourt Department of Obstetrics And GynaecologyUniversity of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital 

出 版 物：《Journal of Reproduction and Contraception》 (生殖与避孕（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第23卷第3期

页      面：186-192页

学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：contraceptive HIV positive women Port Harcourt, Nigeria 

摘      要：Objective To evaluate the prevalence rate and pattern of contraceptive use among HIV positive women in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Methods Anonymous self administered questionnaires were applied to HIV positive women receiving care at HIV clinic of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital between September and November 2010. Results A total of 228 questionnaires were retrieved out of 250 distributed. The grouping age 29-34 years accounted for 47.8% of the respondents, 51.3% had secondary education, 55.5% were married while 43.4% were nulliparous. The mode of acquiring HIV was unknown in 60.1% and 34.2% of their partners were HIV positive. Majority （64.0%） of the patients did not use any form of contraception before diagnosis while 42.1% used male condoms after diagnosis. Contraceptive methods used were female condom （0.4%）, oral contraceptive pills （16.2%）, abstinence （14.5%） and rhythm method （1.8%）, Only 6.1% used the dual method, which is the simultaneous use of two methods and one of which must be a condom. Contraceptive prevalence rate （CPR） was 81.1%. Conclusion Though the overall use of contraception in HIV positive women in Port Harcourt is high, the dual method use which protects against pregnancy and transmission of HIV is low. Dual method is the recommended method for HIV positive women who do not intend to get pregnant. Therefore the use of dual method should be advocated.