Prevalence of unplanned pregnancies and factors leading to it among married females visiting tertiary care hospital

Abstract

Background:Pregnancy and its good outcome effect the health of mother and child. The unintended or unplanned pregnancy may lead to poor outcome of mother and child health. Although there is increase in acceptance of family planning but the prevalence of unintended pregnancy is increasing among pregnant females with or without marriage. In Pakistan certain studies have been done that also shows that the unintended pregnancy is more among pregnant females in their marital life. There are different causes that lead to unplanned pregnancy that depends upon geographical distribution, sociodemographic and Methodology:  A cross sectional study was conducted in tertiary care hospital of Quetta during the months of June 2019 to May 2020. All the pregnant married females who were fulfilling the inclusion criteria were selected through convenient sample technique. Sociodemographic information was collected after the informed consent. The translated London measure of unintended pregnancy (LMUP) tool was used to access the unplanned pregnancy through scoring technique. Females whose score was between 0 to 3 were considered as having unplanned pregnancy.  Data analysis was done on SPSS 21, where frequency of continues variables was determined and mean and standard deviation was calculated.