Table 5.

Factors associated with implants discontinuation among implants user women in health facilities of Hawassa city, Southern Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 351)

Variables	LARCs discontinuation Ye s (%) No (%)		P-value	AOR (95% C.I)
Occupation of participant
House wife	71 (47.7%)	78 (52.3%)	0.110	2.622 (0.855–8.041)
Merchant	30 (48.4%)	32 (51.6%)	0.164	2.613 (0.801–8.529)
Private employee	27 (57.4%)	20 (42.6%)	0.559	1.531 (0.456–5.141)
Government employee	32 (49.2%)	33 (50.8%)	0.184	2.337 (0.71–7.694)
Student	18 (64.3%)	10 (35.7%)		1
Maternal Educational status
Unable to read and write	22 (50.0%)	22 (50.0%)	0.663	1.423 (0.360–5.633)
Read and Write	23 (59.0%)	16 (41.0%)	0.605	0.798 (0.235–2.712)
Primary	42 (42.4%)	57 (57.6%)	0.115	2.240 (0.793–6.329)
Secondary	44 (53.7%)	38 (46.3%)	0.962	1.095 (0.427–2.811)
College and above	47 (54.0%)	40 (46.0%)		1
Husband‘s educational level
Unable to read and write	13 (48.1%)	14 (51.9%)	0.708	0.581 (0.159–2.1177)
Read and Write	15 (60.0%)	10 (40.0%)	0.465	0.351 (0.112–1.118)
Primary	31 (56.4%)	24 (43.6%)	0.589	0.446 (0.189–1.052)
Secondary	44 (44.0%)	56 (56.0%)	0.215	0.903 (0.444–1.836)
College and above	75 (52.1%)	69 (47.9%)		1
Ever used contraceptives before implants
Yes	106 (46.1%)	124 (53.9%)	0.017	1.613 (0.940–2.769)
No	72 (59.5%)	49 (40.5%)		1
Counseling about side effects of implants
Yes	108 (65.5%)	57 (34.5%)	< 0.0001	2.394 (1.422–4.03) **
No	70 (37.6%)	116 (62.4%)		1
Counseling about benefit of implants
Yes	171 (52.3%)	156 (47.7%)		1
No	7 (29.2%)	17 (70.8%)	0.034	2.312 (0.825–6.480)
Side effects
Yes	34 (25.0%)	102 (75.0%)	< 0.0001	6.33 (3.719–10.76) ***
No	144 (67.0%)	71 (33.0%)		1
Follow-up
Yes	155 (56.4%)	120 (43.6%)		1
No	23 (30.3%)	53 (69.7%)	< 0.0001	2.241 (1.186–4.234) *

Significant at ***p < 0.0001, **p = 0.001, *p = 0.013, AOR Adjusted odds ratio