ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2018
The Association between Mental Health Disorders and History of Unintended Pregnancy among Women Veterans.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature, 2016 to 2023: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
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- Women's reproductive mental health: currently available evidence and future directions for research, clinical practice and health policy.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2025Article
- Abortion After Pregnancy Occurrence with Contraceptive Use Among Veterans.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- Magnitude, determinants, and adverse outcomes of unintended pregnancy among pregnant mothers in low- and middle-income countries: An umbrella review of systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2024Review
- The prevalence of unintended pregnancy and its influence on pregnancy experience in Tabriz, Iran, 2023: a cross-sectional study.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Comment on "Access to Abortion After Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization: Advocacy and a Call to Action for the Profession of Psychiatry".Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2023Article
- Development of an Implementation Blueprint to Scale-Up Contraception Care for Adolescents with Psychiatric Conditions in a Pediatric Hospital.Global implementation research and applications · 2023Article
- Magnitude of unintended pregnancy and its determinants among childbearing age women in low and middle-income countries: evidence from 61 low and middle income countries.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2023Article
- Perceived Contraceptive Counseling Quality Among Veterans Using VA Primary Care: Data from the ECUUN Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Trend, multivariate decomposition and spatial variations of unintended pregnancy among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: evidence from demographic and health surveys.Tropical medicine and health · 2022Article
- Low Rates of Contraception Use in Women With Human Immunodeficiency Virus.Open forum infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Contraceptive Care in the Veterans Health Administration.Seminars in reproductive medicine · 2019Review
- Agreement between Self-Reported "Ideal" and Currently Used Contraceptive Methods among Women Veterans Using the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
- Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Contraceptive Use Among Women Veterans Accessing the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundWomen Veterans have high rates of mental health disorders and other psychosocial factors which may render this population particularly vulnerable to negative health outcomes associated with unintended pregnancy.
objectiveThe objective of our study was to assess the relationship between self-reported mental illness and history of unintended pregnancy among women Veterans. DESIGN AND
participantsData are from a nationally representative, cross-sectional telephone survey of women Veterans, ages 18-45, who used VA for primary care within 12 months prior to interview (survey completion rate 83%). MAIN MEASURES: Predictors were self-report of any and number of mental health disorders (depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia). Outcomes were any and number of unintended pregnancies. Multivariable logistic and negative binomial regression were used to assess relationships between mental illness and unintended pregnancy. To assess women's current risk of unintended pregnancy, we examined associations between any mental health disorder and contraceptive use at last sex among heterosexually active women not desiring pregnancy. KEY
resultsAmong 2297 women Veterans, 1580 (68.8%) reported a history of at least one mental health disorder, with 20.1, 21.6, and 27.0% reporting one, two, or three or more conditions, respectively. Any history of unintended pregnancy was reported by 1315 women (57.3%); 28.3% reported one, 15.6% reported two, and 13.4% reported three or more. Compared to women with no mental illness, women with any mental health disorder were more likely to report any unintended pregnancy (60.3 vs. 50.5%; adjusted OR 1.40; 95% CI 1.15, 1.71) and to have experienced greater numbers of unintended pregnancies (adjusted incidence rate ratio 1.29; 95% CI 1.15, 1.44). Increasing numbers of mental health disorders were associated with greater numbers of unintended pregnancies. Contraceptive use and method efficacy at last sex did not differ by mental health status.
conclusionsWomen Veterans with mental health disorders are more likely to have experienced any and greater numbers of unintended pregnancies than Veterans without mental health disorders.
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