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Table 2 Women’s contraceptive use and intention at 2-week follow-up (n = 626)

From: Does mode of follow-up influence contraceptive use after medical abortion in a low-resource setting? Secondary outcome analysis of a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial

 

Clinic FU

n (% ± 95 % CI)

Home-assessment

n (% ± 95 % CI)

Total

n (% ± 95 % CI)

p-value

Preferred method for initiation chosen (n = 626)

 Yes

250 (92 ± 3.2)

306 (87 ± 3.5)

556 (89 ± 2.44)

0.059

 No

22 (8 ± 3.2)

45 (13 ± 3.5)

67 (11 ± 2.44)

 

Method initiated at 2 weeks (n = 556)

 Yes

133 (53 ± 6.2)

75 (25 ± 4.8)

208 (37 ± 4.0)

<0.001

 No

117 (47 ± 6.2)

231 (76 ± 4.8)

348 (63 ± 4.0)

 

Actual plan to initiate method at 2 weeks (n = 348)

 Yes

104 (89 ± 5.7)

192 (83 ± 4.8)

296 (85 ± 3.7)

0.154

 No

13 (11 ± 5.7)

39 (17 ± 4.8)

52 (15 ± 3.7)

 
  1. Significant differences are indicated by p < 0.050. Missing values were excluded from analysis. Percentages are presented as column percentages. Actual plan to initiate was defined as: ‘after next menstruation’, ‘within 1 week’, ‘when recovered from abortion’