Menstrual regulation: Examining the incidence, methods, and sources of care of this understudied health practice in three settings using cross-sectional population-based surveys

dc.contributor.authorBell, Suzanne O.
dc.contributor.authorShankar, Mridula
dc.contributor.authorOmoluabi, Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-28T07:39:59Z
dc.date.available2023-02-28T07:39:59Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractMenstrual 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBell, 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/s12905-023-02216-3en_US
dc.identifier.issn1472-6874
dc.identifier.uri10.1186/s12905-023-02216-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8466
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMCen_US
dc.subjectMenstrual regulationen_US
dc.subjectAbortionen_US
dc.subjectFertilityen_US
dc.subjectStatistics studiesen_US
dc.subjectPopulation studiesen_US
dc.titleMenstrual regulation: Examining the incidence, methods, and sources of care of this understudied health practice in three settings using cross-sectional population-based surveysen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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