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Table 2 Visits in primary and specialized care and at the family planning clinics for gynecological reasons

From: Use of reproductive health services among women using long- or short-acting contraceptive methods – a register-based cohort study from Finland

 

Visited

n (%)

Total number of visits

Visits per 100 woman-years

Crude IRR (95%CI)

Adjusted IRR (95%CI)

All visits for gynecological reasonsa and all visits in family planning clinics

 LARC initiation

1160 (68.7)

3247

96.1 (92.8–99.5)

0.77 (0.72–83)

0.86 (0.79–0.93)

 SARC initiation or switch

1245 (81.7)

3795

124.5 (120.6–128.5)

Ref.

Ref.

 SARC continuation

1992 (75.9)

4248

80.9 (78.5–83.4)

0.65 (0.61–0.69)

0.72 (0.67–0.77)

 All

4397 (75.3)

11,290

96.7 (94.9–98.5)

Not applicable

Not applicable

All visits for gynecological reasonsa and other than routine checkups at family planning clinics

 LARC initiation

839 (49.7)

2545

75.3 (72.4–78.3)

0.96 (0.87–1.07)

0.93 (0.82–1.05)

 SARC initiation or switch

892 (58.5)

2559

78.1 (75.0–81.4)

Ref.

Ref.

 SARC continuation

1094 (41.7)

2382

48.7 (46.9–50.6)

0.62 (0.56–0.69)

0.65 (0.59–0.72)

 All

2825 (48.4)

7486

64.1 (62.7–65.6)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Routine checkups at family planning clinics

 LARC initiation

660 (39.1)

702

20.8 (19.3–22.4)

0.45 (0.41–0.49)

0.65 (0.58–0.72)

 SARC initiation or switch

867 (56.9)

1413

46.4 (44.0–48.8)

Ref.

Ref.

 SARC continuation

1446 (55.1)

1689

32.2 (30.6–33.7)

0.69 (0.65–0.74)

0.84 (0.77–0.90)

 All

2973 (50.9)

3804

32.6 (31.5–33.6)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Other than routine checkup at family planning clinics

 LARC initiation

631 (37.4)

1199

35.5 (33.5–37.6)

0.94 (0.84–1.06)

1.03 (0.90–1.18)

 SARC initiation or switch

645 (42.3)

1146

37.6 (35.5–39.8)

Ref.

Ref.

 SARC continuation

707 (26.9)

1111

21.2 (19.9–22.4)

0.56 (0.50–0.63)

0.61 (0.55–0.69)

 All

1983 (34.0)

3456

29.6 (28.6–30.6)

Not applicable

Not applicable

  1. LARC long-acting reversible contraception; SARC short-acting reversible contraception; CI confidence interval; IRR incidence rate ratio, calculated with negative binomial regression, adjusted with categorical age, history of pregnancy and history of sexually transmitted infection or visit for gynecological reasons in primary or specialized health care or visit at the family planning clinics within the previous year
  2. aIn primary or specialized health care