Contraceptive preferences and adoption following female genital fistula surgery in Uganda: a mixed-methods study

Table 2 Sexual activity and family planning use among study participants over the 12 months of follow-up after obstetric fistula surgery

	Baseline		3 months		6 months		9 months		12 months
	N = 60		N = 59		N = 55		N = 55		N = 58
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Partnered	30	50.0	25	42.4	28	49.1	28	50.9	30	51.7
Sexually active	11	18.3	4	6.8	18	31.6	26	47.3	29	50.0
Pregnancy status^a	N = 11		N = 4		N = 18		N = 26		N = 29
Pregnant	0	0.0	2	50.0^b	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	13.8
Trying for pregnancy	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	12.5	4	15.4	1	3.5
Not trying for pregnancy	11	100.0	2	50.0	16	87.5	22	84.6	24	82.8
Contraception^c	N = 11		N = 2		N = 16		N = 22		N = 24
None	7	63.6	0	0.0	9	56.3	13	59.1	6	25.0
Condom	1	9.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	9.1	0	0.0
Oral contraceptives	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	12.5
IUD	1	9.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	4.6	1	4.2
Implant	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	6.3	0	0.0	1	4.2
Injection	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	6.3	1	4.6	3	12.5
Sterilisation^c	2	18.2	2	100.0	5	31.3	5	22.7	9	37.5

^aAmong those sexually active
^bBoth participants reporting pregnancy at 3 months post-surgery experienced spontaneous abortion
^cAmong those responding not pregnant or not trying for pregnancy; IUD, intrauterine device
^dIndividuals reporting sterilization prior to fistula surgery (n = 2) are included within the contraceptive use distribution at all follow-up time points

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