Table 4.

Factors associated with early implant discontinuation among women of reproductive Age.

Variable	Category	n	COR (95% CI)	p-value	AOR (95% CI)	p-value
Age group	15–19 yrs	16	1.38 (0.58–3.27)	0.461	1.11 (0.43–2.84)	0.828
	20–24 yrs	150	1.27 (0.85–1.89)	0.237	1.19 (0.75–1.88)	0.462
	25–29 yrs (ref)	211	1	–	1	–
	30–34 yrs	192	0.88 (0.59–1.32)	0.536	0.83 (0.54–1.27)	0.386
	35–39 yrs	145	0.55 (0.34–0.86)	0.010*	0.50 (0.31–0.80)	0.004*
	40–44 yrs	86	0.92 (0.54–1.56)	0.744	0.86 (0.48–1.52)	0.603
	45 + yrs	74	0.77 (0.42–1.39)	0.382	0.70 (0.37–1.34)	0.283
State of residence	Kaduna (ref)	389	1	–	1	–
	Enugu	61	0.47 (0.28–0.79)	0.004*	0.53 (0.30–0.91)	0.020*
	Kano	195	0.81 (0.55–1.20)	0.289	0.79 (0.51–1.23)	0.298
	Lagos	229	1.64 (1.11–2.44)	0.013*	1.32 (0.85–2.06)	0.214
Place of implant insertion	Pharmacy	9	0.65 (0.23–1.80)	0.402	0.72 (0.26–2.00)	0.523
	PHC (ref)	456	1	–	1	–
	PPMV	346	1.48 (1.06–2.06)	0.021*	1.39 (1.00–1.93)	0.049*
	Private Hospital	27	1.21 (0.65–2.26)	0.543	1.15 (0.58–2.25)	0.683
	Secondary Hospital	36	1.36 (0.74–2.48)	0.321	1.26 (0.68–2.35)	0.465
Type of implant removed	Implanon (ref)	606	1	–	1	–
	Jadelle	268	0.99 (0.73–1.34)	0.928	0.94 (0.68–1.30)	0.706
Reason for removal	Desire for pregnancy (ref)	132	1	–	1	–
	Dissatisfaction with implant method	10	1.84 (0.65–5.22)	0.254	1.43 (0.48–4.30)	0.519
	No partner	15	1.33 (0.55–3.22)	0.52	1.20 (0.44–3.27)	0.72
	Other (specify)	8	1.10 (0.35–3.45)	0.873	1.02 (0.28–3.68)	0.97
	Partner disapproved	57	2.67 (1.48–4.82)	0.001	2.31 (1.25–4.26)	0.007*
	Side effects	137	3.45 (2.19–5.42)	0.00	3.01 (1.89–4.78)	0.00

COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; (ref), reference category.

*p < 0.05.

*p < 0.001.