Table 5 Potential barriers among women who do not intend to use LARC during the post-abortion period (n = 219)
Women’s perceptions | f(%) | Rank by frequency |
|---|---|---|
Worry about future fertility | 123 (56.2) | 1 |
Fear of harm to health | 99 (45.2) | 2 |
Worried about irregular bleeding or spotting | 97 (44.3) | 3 |
Fear of complications such as pregnancy with IUDs, reproductive tract infections, movement, or loss from uterus | 91 (41.6) | 4 |
Lack of awareness about LARC | 79 (36.1) | 5 |
Fear of pain | 73 (33.3) | 6 |
Process to insert or remove IUDs is tediousa | 52 (23.7) | 8 |
Fear of the surgical process of insertion or removal | 51 (23.3) | 7 |
Might cause abnormal menstruation | 48 (21.9) | 8 |
Performance without hormones | 45 (20.5) | 9 |
Friends or relatives have had bad experiences with LARC | 26 (11.9) | 10 |
Worried about weight gain | 17 (7.8) | 11 |
Too expensive | 10 (4.6) | 12 |
Have not been in a long-term relationship | 9 (4.1) | 13 |
Partner opposed to it | 9 (4.1) | 13 |
Prevented by religion from using the method | 5 (2.3) | 14 |
Have another satisfying method of contraception | 3 (1.4) | 15 |
Ineligible for the method because of being single | 3 (1.4) | 15 |
Unsure of future family plan | 2 (0.9) | 16 |