Table 2.
Obstetric and maternal health service-related characteristics of Implanon users enrolled in Family planning units of public hospitals in Guraghe zone, southern Ethiopia, 2021
| Variable categories | Total =502 |
Discontinued =205 | Censored =297 |
Test statistics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Parity (n = 502) | ||||
| 0(Nulliparous) | 29(57.8) | 24(11.7) | 5(1.7) |
χ2 = 49.077 P < 0.001 |
| 1(Primiparous) | 92(18.3) | 57(27.8) | 35(11.8) | |
| 2–4(Multiparous) | 265(52.8) | 88(42.9) | 177(59.6) | |
| ≥ 5(Grand multiparous) | 116(23.1) | 36(17.6) | 80(26.9) | |
| Previous history of abortion | ||||
| Yes | 88(17.5) | 42(20.5) | 46(15.5) |
χ2 = 2.097 P = 0.148 |
| No | 414(82.5) | 163(79.5) | 251(84.5) | |
| Heavy prolonged vaginal bleeding | ||||
| Yes | 114(22.7) | 104(50.7) | 10(3.4) |
χ2 = 155.20 P < 0.001 |
| No | 388(67.3) | 101(49.3) | 287(96.6) | |
| Weight gain | ||||
| Yes | 57(11.4) | 34(16.6) | 23(7.7) |
χ2 = 9.419 P = 0.002 |
| No | 445(88.6) | 171(83.4) | 274(92.3) | |
| Previous history of receiving ANC | ||||
| Yes | 431(85.9) | 171() | 260(87.6) |
χ2 = 1.702 P = 0.196 |
| No | 71(14.1) | 34() | 37(12.4) | |
| Previous history of receiving skilled delivery | ||||
| Yes | 408(81.2) | 162(79.1) | 246(82.8) |
χ2 = 1.153 P = 0.283 |
| No | 94(18.7) | 43(20.9) | 51(17.2) | |