Unplanned pregnancy: Prevalence and Associated factors among Antenatal Care Attending Women in Bale Zone, Oromiya Region, Southeast Ethiopia: A facility - based cross sectional study

Birhanu Darega; Nagasa Dida

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Birhanu Darega
Nagasa Dida

Keywords:

unplanned pregnancy, unsafe abortion, associated factors

Abstract

Background: Unplanned pregnancy is one of the major reasons that expose women for unsafe abortion in most developing countries. Unplanned pregnancies have negative consequences on the women themselves, for their children, siblings and the societies as a whole. So far, no study was conducted in the zone related to the prevalence and associated factors of unplanned pregnancy. Therefore, this study assessed the prevalence of unplanned pregnancy and associated factors among pregnant mothers attending antenatal care at Bale Zone Hospitals, Oromiya Region, Southeast Ethiopia. Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study design was employed among 362 randomly identified mothers visiting Bale Zone Hospitals for antenatal care in May 2014. Data were collected through interviewer-administered questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 software. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to determine prevalence and identifying associated factors of unplanned pregnancy by considering p-value of 0.05. The results were presented in a narrative forms, tables and graphs.

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Unplanned pregnancy: Prevalence and Associated factors among Antenatal Care Attending Women in Bale Zone, Oromiya Region, Southeast Ethiopia: A facility - based cross sectional study. (2015). Global Journal of Medical Research, 15(K4), 21-28. https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/936

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