Current trends in family planning methods at tertiary care centre of central India – A retrospective study

Abstract

Objective: To estimate the utilization of various modes of family planning services at a tertiary care Centre. Methods: A retrospective record based study was conducted to analyse the usage of various methods of family planning services offered at tertiary care centre of Madhya Pradesh over a period of 2018-2020.Results: Of the 129635 individuals who opted for family planning services, 45.61% individuals belonged to age group 28-32 years and 51.31% belonged to rural areas and the Female contraception contributed only to 12.42%. 99.14% individuals opted for temporary methods with only 0.08% of individuals undergoing permanent methods. Among the temporary methods main contribution was of the condom method followed by Oral contraceptive pills (OCP).Only 0.08% of individuals opted for permanent sterilization with tubectomy rate being 97.48% and vasectomy rate of as low as 2.51%.Conclusion: Temporary methods of contraception were more opted than permanent methods. Among the permanent methods female sterilization is more in practice than the male sterilization.While temporary methods were more taken up by men, with females opting more for OCP than long acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods.