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Table 2 Profile of Implanon NXT acceptors

From: Feasibility and acceptability of using medical and nursing students to provide Implanon NXT at the community level in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Full sample at baseline

Completed study

Loss to follow-up

Significance testb

N = 531 (%)

N = 427a (%)

N = 104 (%)

Age, mean (Standard Deviation)

27.1 (6.2)

27.4 (6.3)

26.3 (5.5)

p = 0.121

Last year of education attended

 None

22 (4.1)

21 (4.9)

1 (1.0)

p = 0.117

 Primary or less

86 (16.2)

64 (15.0)

22 (21.2)

 

 Secondary

412 (77.6)

332 (77.8)

80 (76.1)

 

 University

11 (2.1)

10 (2.3)

1 (1.0)

 

Employed

 Yes

339(63.8)

149 (34.9)

43 (41.3)

p = 0.219

 No

192(36.2)

278 (65.1)

61 (58.7)

 

Type of employment (n = 339)

 Self-employed

299 (88.2)

249 (89.6)

50 (82.0)

p = 0.126

 Employed by someone else

28 (8.3)

19 (6.8)

9 (14.8)

 

 Employed by a family member

12 (3.5)

10 (3.6)

2 (3.3)

 

Marital status

 Civil marriage

4 (0.8)

3 (0.7)

1 (1.0)

p = 0.57

 Customary marriage

71 (13.4)

58 (13.6)

13 (12.5)

 

 Religious marriage

11 (2.1)

11 (2.6)

0 (0.0)

 

 Lives in union

275 (51.8)

219 (51.3)

56 (53.8)

 

 Not in union

170 (32.0)

136 (31.9)

34 (32.7)

 

Has living children

530 (99.8)

427 (100.0)

103 (99.0)

p = 0.196

Number of children, mean (Standard Deviation)

3.5 (2.5)

3.6 (2.7)

3.3 (2.0)

p = 0.225

Contraceptive History

Ever done anything to delay or avoid pregnancy?

332 (62.5%)

268 (62.8)

64 (61.5)

p = 0.817

Contraceptive methods used in the past (n = 332)

 Withdrawal

204 (61.5)

159 (59.3)

45 (70.3)

0.105

 Male condom

173 (52.1)

137 (51.1)

36 (56.2)

0.460

 Injectables

89 (26.8)

72 (26.9)

17 (26.6)

0.961

 Pill

74 (22.3)

54 (20.1)

20 (31.2)

0.055

 Emergency contraception

31 (9.3)

27 (10.1)

4 (6.20)

0.345

 MAMAc

20 (6.0)

16 (6.0)

4 (6.2)

0.933

 Cyclebeads

11 (3.3)

7 (2.6)

4 (6.2)

0.144

 Implants

10 (3.0)

8 (3.0)

2 (3.1)

0.953

 Female condom

7 (2.1)

4 (1.5)

3 (4.7)

0.110

 IUD

2 (0.6)

1 (0.4)

1 (1.6)

0.269

 Male sterilization

1 (0.3)

1 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

na

 Other

46 (13.9)

42 (15.7)

4 (6.2)

0.050

Recent history of contraceptive use

   

p = 0.96

Used modern method in the past 12 months

187 (35.2)

151 (35.4)

36 (34.6)

 

Used traditional method in the past 12 months

119 (22.4)

94 (22.0)

25 (24.0)

 

None

225 (42.4)

182 (42.6)

43 (41.3)

 
  1. a 427 women completed the study, including those who removed Implanon after 6 months and were not interviewed at 12 months. Some participants’ Identification Number (ID) could not be matched to baseline IDs at Round 2 or 3; unmatched participants were dropped from the study and counted as lost to follow-up
  2. bT-tests and chi squared tests to determine if significant differences exist between participants who stayed in the study for the full 12-months (or until removal of Implanon NXT) and participants lost to follow-up. All measurements taken at baseline
  3. cMéthode de l’allaitement maternel et de l’aménorrhée (lactational amenorrhea method)