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

Table 3 Contraceptive method at 2 weeks stratified by study group: preferred and initiated

	Clinic FU	Home-assessment	Total	p-value
Method preferred (n = 556)
Condom	58 (23 %)	48 (16 %)	106 (19 %)	0.025
Oral pill	61 (24 %)	62 (20 %)	123 (22 %)	0.242
Copper-IUD	30 (12 %)	37 (12 %)	67 (12 %)	0.974
3-month injection	111 (44 %)	158 (52 %)	269 (48 %)	0.090
Sterilization	6 (2 %)	18 (6 %)	24 (4 %)	0.044
Method initiated (n = 207)
IUD or injectable^a	73 (55 %)	35 (47 %)	108 (52 %)	0.295
Oral Pill/Condom	60 (45 %)	39 (53 %)	99 /48 %)	0.295

Method preferred refers to women who chose a method for initiation at 2 weeks however did not necessarily initiate it at 2 weeks (n = 556). While method initiated refers to the women who reported to have started at 2 weeks (n = 207)
^aIUD refers to Copper Intra-uterine device (IUD) and injectable to the 3-month injection

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