Yuyan Li , Yan Zhang , Dong Yuan , Li Shan , Xiaojing Dong , Liqun Wang , Yuanzhong Zhou , Weixin Liu , Xiaojun Wang , Lifang Jiang , Xiaoyu Hu , Wei Xia , Xiaochen Huang , Jiandong Song , Liangping Wang , Li Jiang , Hanfeng Ye , Yanfei Zhou , Yan Che
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Thirty-six hospitals were included and randomly allocated to two groups at a 1:1 ratio, enrolling 180 pregnant women per hospital starting in January 2019. The intervention included integrated contraceptive education and counseling at three critical stages, namely, the third trimester, delivery, and several postpartum time points. We used life table and multilevel Cox regression for data analysis.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>We recruited 6315 participants, namely, 3116 in the intervention group and 3199 in the control group. The 12-month cumulative rates of unintended pregnancy and induced abortion were significantly lower in the intervention group (2.74% [95% CI, 2.16–3.46] and 1.43% [95% CI, 1.01–2.03], respectively) than in the control group (6.99% [95% CI, 6.00–8.14] and 3.85% [95% CI, 3.09–4.79], respectively). 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Effects of multilevel postpartum family planning intervention on the reduction of unintended pregnancy and induced abortion rates within 12 months of delivery: A cluster randomized controlled study in China
Objectives
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a multilevel promoting postpartum family planning (PPFP) intervention on the reduction of unintended pregnancies and induced abortions in China.
Study design
We performed a cluster randomized intervention study to assess the effects of a multilevel PPFP intervention on the rates of unintended pregnancy and induced abortion within 12 months postpartum. Thirty-six hospitals were included and randomly allocated to two groups at a 1:1 ratio, enrolling 180 pregnant women per hospital starting in January 2019. The intervention included integrated contraceptive education and counseling at three critical stages, namely, the third trimester, delivery, and several postpartum time points. We used life table and multilevel Cox regression for data analysis.
Results
We recruited 6315 participants, namely, 3116 in the intervention group and 3199 in the control group. The 12-month cumulative rates of unintended pregnancy and induced abortion were significantly lower in the intervention group (2.74% [95% CI, 2.16–3.46] and 1.43% [95% CI, 1.01–2.03], respectively) than in the control group (6.99% [95% CI, 6.00–8.14] and 3.85% [95% CI, 3.09–4.79], respectively). Multilevel Cox regression revealed a 63% reduction in the risk of unintended pregnancy (hazard ratio 0.37 [95% CI, 0.19–0.71]) and a 66% reduction in the risk of induced abortion (hazard ratio 0.34 [95% CI, 0.16–0.69]) in the intervention group.
Conclusions
This multilevel PPFP intervention was effective in reducing the risk of unintended pregnancy and induced abortion within the first year after childbirth. We recommend scaling up this approach to other hospitals across the country that provide prenatal educational classes and postpartum contraceptive services.
Implications
Multifaceted PPFP interventions, which encompass contraceptive education during both pregnancy and the postpartum period, are effective in reducing unintended pregnancy rates in China. This strategy could be adopted in other similar health care settings worldwide.
期刊介绍:
Contraception has an open access mirror journal Contraception: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review.
The journal Contraception wishes to advance reproductive health through the rapid publication of the best and most interesting new scholarship regarding contraception and related fields such as abortion. The journal welcomes manuscripts from investigators working in the laboratory, clinical and social sciences, as well as public health and health professions education.