Table 3.
Factors associated with discontinuation of Implanon among women who ever used Implanon in Diguna Fango District, Wolayita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, March 2017 (n = 340).
| Variables | Cases number (%) | Controls number (%) | COR (95% CI) |
AOR (95% CI) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of residence | |||||
| Semiurban | 36 (42.4) | 78 (30.6) | 1 | 1 | |
| Rural | 49 (57.6) | 177 (69.4) | 1.7 (1.01–2.77)∗ | 1.5 (0.84–2.71) | 0.171 |
| Age at insertion | |||||
| <20 years | 10 (11.8) | 70 (27.5) | 3.3 (1.41–7.85)∗ | 3 (1.16–7.80)∗∗ | 0.023 |
| 20–24 | 24 (28.2) | 68 (26.7) | 1.35 (0.66–2.76) | 1.1 (0. 45–2.31) | 0.961 |
| 25–29 | 16 (18.8) | 37 (14.5) | 1.01 (0.49–2.45) | 1.1 (0.46–3.07) | 0.717 |
| 30–34 | 16 (18.8) | 40 (15.7) | 1.19 (0.54–2.63) | 0.99 (0.041–2.51) | 0.995 |
| 35+ | 19 (22.4) | 40 (15.7) | 1 | 1 | |
| Women education | |||||
| Having no formal education | 38 (44.7) | 62 (24.3) | 3.12 (1.58–6.19) | 2.8 (1.31–6.11)∗∗ | 0.008 |
| Elementary | 26 (30.6) | 78 (30.6) | 1.42 (0.08–2.50) | 1.7 (0.87–3.17) | 0.127 |
| Secondary and above | 21 (24.7) | 115 (45.1) | 1 | 1 | |
| Number of children | |||||
| ≤4 children | 38 (44.7) | 146 (57.3) | 1.7 (1.01–2.72)∗ | 1.8 (1.01–3.21)∗∗ | 0.043 |
| ≥5 children | 47 (55.3) | 109 (42.7) | 1 | 1 | |
| History of abortion | |||||
| Yes | 15 (17.6) | 73 (28.6) | 1.9 (1.01–3.48)∗ | 2.3 (1.1–3.21)∗∗ | 0.043 |
| No | 70 (82.4) | 182 (71.4) | 1 | 1 | |
| Counseling service given | |||||
| Yes | 31 (36.5) | 167 (65.5) | 0.3 (0.18–0.51)∗ | 0.36 (0.21–0.64)∗∗ | 0.001 |
| No | 54 (63.5) | 88 (34.5) | 1 | 1 | |
| Decision maker to use IMP | |||||
| Woman herself | 40 (47.1) | 160 (62.7) | 1 | 1 | |
| Other body (provider, husband) |
45 (52.9) | 95 (37.3) | 0.53 (0.32–0.87)∗ | 0.65 (0.38–1.13) | 0.125 |
| Follow-up appointment given | |||||
| Yes | 29 (34.1) | 155 (60.8) | 0.33 (0.20–0.56)∗ | 0.35 (0.21–0.62)∗∗ | 0.001 |
| No | 56 (65.9) | 100 (39.2) | 1 | 1 | |
| Side effect | |||||
| Yes | 37 (43.5) | 143 (56.1) | 1.7 (1.01–2.72)∗ | 1.25 (0.72–2.19) | 0.424 |
| No | 48 (56.5) | 112 (43.9) | 1 | 1 | |
| Service satisfaction | |||||
| Yes | 30 (35.3) | 126 (49.4) | 1 | 1 | |
| No | 55 (64.7) | 129 (50.6) | 0.6 (0.34–0.93)∗ | 0.67 (0.35–1.12) | 0.131 |
Key note. ∗Candidate variables for multivariable analysis at p value ≤ 0.25. ∗∗Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05 in multivariable logistic regression.