Assessment of knowledge, utilization and associated factors of modern family planning method among women with psychiatric diagnosis attending psychiatric outpatient services at Amanuel mental specialized hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018.
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Mentally ill patients may have problem in accessing information and methods of contraception due to different factors at individual, social and service delivery levels. Therefore reproductive health needs of women with mental health problems with respect to family planning and motherhood are one way of supporting family system and providing this support is likely to help prevent adverse effects of mental illness on women and their child. Objective: To assess knowledge, utilization and associated factors of modern family planning method among women with psychiatric diagnosis attending psychiatric outpatient services at Amanuel mental specialized hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2018. Method: Institution based cross-sectional study design was conducted to assess knowledge, utilization and associated factors of modern family planning method among women with psychiatric diagnosis attending psychiatric outpatient services and 413 study subjects were selected using systematic random sampling technique. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was carried out to determine the association between an independent variable with the outcome variable among study participants during the period of the study at Amanuel mental specialized hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Result: All over about 63.9% of respondents scored above the mean value are knowledgeable. The major determinant Factors identified to modern family planning knowledge were higher educational level (>12 grade) [AOR (3.96(1.73-8.9)], salary employed [AOR (95% CI =3.97(1.9-8.2)], urban resident [AOR (95% CI) = 4.3 (2.4-7.66)]. About 19.4.% of the participants were used injectable, 1.5% pill, 1.7% of respondents used emergency pill as contraceptive to prevent unintended. Conclusion: In this study, 63.9 % of women with psychiatric illness are knowledgeable and 40.3% of them currently use a modern family planning method. Male condoms and injectable were the most known type of method. Moreover, injectable was the most common currently used method. Healthcare provider should be strengthening family planning counseling to enhance knowledge and utilization of modern family planning at mental health clinic and community level.
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knowledge, utilization, modern family planning, associated factors, mental illness, Addis Ababa