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Table 2 Obstetric and maternal health service-related characteristics of Implanon users enrolled in Family planning units of public hospitals in Guraghe zone, southern Ethiopia, 2021

From: Survival time to Implanon discontinuation and its predictors among a cohort of Implanon users who enrolled in public hospitals of southern Ethiopia, 2021: a retrospective cohort study

Variable categories

Total

=502

Discontinued =205

Censored

=297

Test statistics

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Parity (n = 502)

 0(Nulliparous)

29(57.8)

24(11.7)

5(1.7)

χ2 = 49.077

P < 0.001

 1(Primiparous)

92(18.3)

57(27.8)

35(11.8)

 2–4(Multiparous)

265(52.8)

88(42.9)

177(59.6)

  ≥ 5(Grand multiparous)

116(23.1)

36(17.6)

80(26.9)

Previous history of abortion

 Yes

88(17.5)

42(20.5)

46(15.5)

χ2 = 2.097

P = 0.148

 No

414(82.5)

163(79.5)

251(84.5)

Heavy prolonged vaginal bleeding

 Yes

114(22.7)

104(50.7)

10(3.4)

χ2 = 155.20

P < 0.001

 No

388(67.3)

101(49.3)

287(96.6)

Weight gain

 Yes

57(11.4)

34(16.6)

23(7.7)

χ2 = 9.419

P = 0.002

 No

445(88.6)

171(83.4)

274(92.3)

Previous history of receiving ANC

 Yes

431(85.9)

171()

260(87.6)

χ2 = 1.702

P = 0.196

 No

71(14.1)

34()

37(12.4)

Previous history of receiving skilled delivery

 Yes

408(81.2)

162(79.1)

246(82.8)

χ2 = 1.153

P = 0.283

 No

94(18.7)

43(20.9)

51(17.2)