ArticlePloS one2025
Motivations for sustained use of modern contraceptives in a peri-urban area: An analytical cross-sectional study.
Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundDiscontinuation of contraceptives is one of the most significant concerns for family planning programmes. It is estimated that 1 in 3 women who take up modern contraceptives discontinue use by the end of a year due to various reported challenges. This study aimed to determine proportion of sustained users (continual use of the same method for 2 or more years) and their motivation. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional survey with a questionnaire was conducted among 397 women of reproductive age (15-49 years) in the Mfantseman municipality to assess the factors that motivate them to sustain the use of modern contraceptives. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to obtain the desired study participants.
results39.8% of study participants had used their method of contraception for 2 years with 14.4% having used theirs for 4 or more years. Ever missing one's dose of their method, birth goals and the need for privacy when using a method had the highest odds for sustained use with aORs of 3.46, 2.53 and 2.09 respectively. About 40% of the respondents reported socio-economic reasons as motivation for sustained use.
conclusionFindings from the study suggest it would be beneficial for service providers to demonstrate tolerance towards women who miss their doses or schedule of their chosen method of modern contraceptives. The intention for adopting modern contraceptive use of more than a third of the respondents was to improve their socioeconomic status.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.