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Abstract
The most common cause of reproductive mortality is pregnancy and its related problems. At the time of conception, pregnancy may be intended or unintended. Unintended pregnancies can be defined as “pregnancies reported to have been either unwanted (i.e. occurring when no children, or no more children, were desired) or mistimed (i.e. occurring earlier than desired)”. Unintended pregnancy is an important issue to address because the risk factors of unintended pregnancies are similar to those of maternal mortality, and unintended pregnancy is often an indicator of the presence of risk factors for maternal mortality.(https://guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3509403. html). All women of childbearing age who are sexually active can benefit from planning pregnancies. Counseling that accesses a woman’s expectations regarding birth control, followed by a careful explanation of the side effects of a contraception choice, may reduce the rate of unplanned pregnancy, Understanding factors that result in satisfaction with contraception may reduce unplanned pregnancies. The present study aimed to identify the risks of unplanned pregnancy on women health and pregnancy outcome. It is conducted at family planning clinic and obstetric and gynecological unit in the Menoufiya University hospital. The study is conducted on 500 women included in one group all in the age group 18- 59 years; the data is collected from family planning clinic and obstetric and gynecological unit in the Menoufiya University hospital.
One designed tool by the researcher for this study is used to collect data from each subject in the study sitting, it was in Arabic to be suitable to our Egyptian community. The tool including the following: Part (1): Sociodemographic data recorded data about the following: age, education level, occupation and marital status. Part (2): recorded data about the following: c) Family history such as hypertension, diabetes, seizures, heart diseases, gynecological diseases and cancer diseases. d) Medical history of the woman such as diseases before marriage and recent physical diseases. Part (3) a) Obstetric history such as number of pregnancies, number of deliveries, complains during pregnancy, complains during unplanned pregnancy, psychological status during unplanned pregnancy, type of first delivery, number of abortions, breast feeding practice, methods of family planning and prenatal care. Part (4): a) History of unplanned child such as birth weight, complains during delivery, complains post delivery, vaccination, growth and development retardation and psychological status of the unplanned child. b) Violence history such as presence of violence, source of violence, force of violence and to whom it is directed to. Human rights and ethical considerations were observed in theconducting of the study by full explanation and the purpose of the study were provided to each woman in the study sample, giving her an overview of the study, so they could give their oral consent to participate in the study and to foster full co-operation of participants. Ethical commitment with regard to informed consent, she was informed that participation in the study was voluntary, and that she could withdrawn from the study whenever she decides to. Total confidentiality and anonymity through the process was maintained. The names of respondents were not used in the study; as well the subject’s privacy was respected. The main study findings revealed the following: The data collected were tabulated & analyzed by SPSS (statistical package for the social science software) statistical package version 16 on IBM compatible computer. Qualitative data were expressed as number and percentage (No & %) and analyzed by applying frequencies test. Quantitative data were expressed as mean & standard deviation (X+SD) and analyzed by applying means test. For all the statistical tests done, the threshold of significance is fixed at the 5% level (P value), as follows: Non – significance difference if P > 0.05 Significance difference if P < 0.05 Highly significance difference if P < 0.001 Based on study findings, the following was recommended: * Health education should address factors contributing to unplanned pregnancy and its prevention in order to prevent reproductive mortality and morbidity. * Awareness of professionals as counseling the parents about the benefits of family planning and methods of contraception. * Increase awareness of the most current information on all forms of contraception (including emergency methods). * Further studies need to be carried out about risk of unplanned pregnancy on woman health and pregnancy outcome.