Sterilization regret among Puerto Rican women.
Fertil Steril
; 49(6): 973-81, 1988 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-3259513
ABSTRACT
PIP: Reasons for sterilization regret in Puerto Rican women were examined from interview data from the 1982 Puerto Rico Fertility and Family Planning Assessment. 846 of the 3175 women surveyed had contraceptive tubal sterilization, i.e., medical sterilizations, vasectomies and hysterectomies were excluded. Sterilization took place between 1954 and 1982, in women aged 15-49 years old at the time of the interviews. 42% of the subjects lived in rural areas. Regret was expressed on the questionnaire as definitely yes, maybe yes, maybe no, or definitely no. 21% of these women expressed some regret, and 11% felt definite regret for having been sterilized. The most common reasons for regret were desire for more children then, or change of heart later, and not being consulted about the operation. Factors associated with regret were age under 25 at operation, having no daughters, husband or physician having decided on sterilization, medical indications for sterilization, sterilization failure and living with a new partner. Factors not significantly related to regret included timing of sterilization with respect to childbirth, years since sterilization, parity, education and age at survey.
Palavras-chave
Americas; Attitude; Behavior; Caribbean; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage; Decision Making; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Planning; Family Size; Family Size, Desired; Female Sterilization; Latin America; Method Acceptability; North America; Psychological Factors; Puerto Rico; Satisfaction; Sterilization, Sexual; Tubal Occlusion
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Esterilização Tubária
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Atitude
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Comportamento do Consumidor
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Puerto rico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Fertil Steril
Ano de publicação:
1988
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos