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Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences | Volume-6 | Issue-05
A Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude of Married Women in the Reproductive Age Group Regarding Hormonal Contraceptives Method Attending an OPD at Niladri Vihar, UHTC, Bhubaneswar, Khurda, Odisha
Mrs. Kalyani Rath, Mrs. Minati Das
Published: May 30, 2018 | 149 45
DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i05.042
Pages: 2081-2083
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Abstract
A married women should have knowledge and attitude towards hormonal contraception method to improve their reproductive life in daily living. Hormonal contraception has become more effective and more widely used, while the world population has grown from 3000 million in 1960 to 6000 million in 2000. Random sampling technique was used to select 50 married women who were meeting the sampling criteria. Structured knowledge questionnaire and Liketr’s Scale was used during data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data in this study. Percentage wise distribution of according to their knowledge shows highest between 21-30 years of age (58%), 20% were 31-40 years of age and 18% were less than 20 and 4% and 41-50 years of age applied mean knowledge was 7 and minimum 1, and attitude score was 46 and minimum was 20.