Menstrual regulation: Examining the incidence, methods, and sources of care of this understudied health practice in three settings using cross-sectional population-based surveys
Loading...
Date
2023
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
BMC
Abstract
Menstrual regulation is a practice that may exist within the ambiguity surrounding one’s pregnancy
status and has been the subject of limited research. The aim of this study is to measure the annual rate of menstrual
regulation in Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, and Rajasthan, India, overall and by background characteristics and to describe the
methods and sources women use to bring back their period. Data come from population-based surveys of women aged 15–49 in each setting. In addition to questions
on women’s background characteristics, reproductive history, and contraceptive experiences, interviewers asked
women whether they had ever done something to bring back their period at a time when they were worried they
were pregnant, and if so, when it occurred and what methods and source they used. A total of 11,106 reproductiveaged women completed the survey in Nigeria, 2,738 in Cote d’Ivoire, and 5,832 in Rajasthan. We calculated one-year
incidence of menstrual regulation overall and by women’s background characteristics separately for each context
using adjusted Wald tests to assess signifcant. We then examined the distribution of menstrual regulation methods
and sources using univariate analyses.
Description
Keywords
Menstrual regulation, Abortion, Fertility, Statistics studies, Population studies
Citation
Bell, S. O. et al. (2023). Menstrual regulation: Examining the incidence, methods, and sources of care of this understudied health practice in three settings using cross-sectional population-based surveys. BMC Women's Health, 23(1), 73. 10.1186/s12905-023-02216-3