Awareness of and attitude toward hormonal emergency contraception among married women in Kuwait

Journal of Women's Health
Douglas E BallEman Abahussain

Abstract

To describe the awareness of and attitudes toward hormonal emergency contraception among women in Kuwait. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among married women at obstetrics/gynecology outpatient clinics at the government Maternity Hospital in Kuwait. A pretested Arabic self-administered questionnaire was distributed to the women in March 2005. The questionnaire provided a short explanation as to what was meant by hormonal emergency contraception and then elicited whether the respondent was aware of it, what concerns she had, and whether she thought it should be made available in Kuwait. One hundred three questionnaires were completed. Respondents were mostly Kuwaiti (78%) and non-Bedouin (78%) with postsecondary school education (74%) and a mean (SD) age of 33.1 (7.8) years and a mean (SD) number of children of 2.8 (1.9) About half of the women were not currently using contraceptive methods; 40% of contraceptive users were taking oral contraceptive pills. Bedouin women were more likely than non-Bedouins to use breastfeeding as a contraceptive measure (p = 0.012). Ten women (9.7%, 95% CI 4.8-17.1) reported having heard of hormonal emergency contraception, mostly from informal sources, 1 had used it, and 7 knew of other wom...Continue Reading

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