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Sub-fecundity and associated factors among mothers with natural planned conception attending antenatal care service in Arba Minch Health Facilities
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 11, p e0241995 (2020), PLoS ONE
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020.
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Abstract
- Background Fecundity is a physiological ability to have children. The inability to get the desired child which was commonly caused by the prolonged time to conceive due to unwanted non-conception period increased from time to time. As a result, many couples are developing psychological, social, and economic problems and unstable life. However, information on fecundity status is limited in Ethiopia context. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the proportion of sub-fecundity and associated factors in Ethiopia context. Methods A health institution based cross-sectional study was conducted in Arba Minch health facilities from March 25 to April 25, 2020. By using a systematic sampling method, 539 mothers were selected for the study. Structured questionnaire was used for data collection. A binary logistic regression model was used to identify factors associated with the sub-fecundity. Variables with p-value Result The proportion of sub-fecundity was 17.8% with 95%CI (14.8%-21.3%). Mothers’ age ≥ 30 (AOR = 2.54, 95%CI; 1.18–5.48), partners’ age ≥ 35 (AOR = 2.20, 95%CI; 1.01–4.75), coffee consumption of ≥ 4 cups/day (AOR = 2.93, 95%CI; 1.14–7.53), menses irregularity (AOR = 3.79 95%CI; 2.01–7.14) and coital frequency of 1day/week (AOR = 3.65, 95%CI; 1.47–9.05) were significantly associated with the sub-fecundity. Conclusion This study found that a substantial proportion of mothers were sub-fecund. Factors that contributed to the sub-fecundity were pre-pregnancy; mothers’ age, partners’ age, coffee drinking of ≥ 4 cups/day, coital frequency of 1day/week, and menses irregularity. Thus, efforts to prevent sub-fecundity should focus on awareness creation as to plan to conceive at early age, reducing coffee consumption, increasing days of coital frequency per week, and investigating and treating mothers with irregular menses.
- Subjects :
- Male
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Physiology
Maternal Health
Social Sciences
Logistic regression
Habits
Endocrinology
Pregnancy
Reproductive Physiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Copulation
Medicine and Health Sciences
Smoking Habits
Psychology
Termination of Pregnancy
Multidisciplinary
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Systematic sampling
Prenatal Care
Fecundity
Sexual Partners
Medicine
Female
Maternal Age
Research Article
Adult
Ovulation
Science
Mothers
Context (language use)
Coffee consumption
Population Metrics
Antenatal Care
Statistical significance
medicine
Humans
Menstrual Cycle
Behavior
Population Biology
Endocrine Physiology
business.industry
Biology and Life Sciences
Irregular menses
medicine.disease
Health Care
Cross-Sectional Studies
Fertility
Health Care Facilities
Fertilization
Women's Health
Ethiopia
Health Facilities
business
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....da9042419d1d21fa7433e11e9af6575b