The Influence of the Number of Children, Knowledge, and Attitude on the Choice of Long Term Contraceptive Methods on KB Acceptors in Pekanbaru City

Abstract

Family planning (KB) is an effort to control the number and distance between births. MKJP (Long-term Contraception Method) is a contraceptive that can last between three years to a lifetime, such as IUDs, implants, and sterilization for men/women. The research objective was to determine the factors associated with the choice of long-term contraceptive methods for family planning acceptors in Pekanbaru City, such as age, the number of children, knowledge, attitudes, support from husbands, and support from health workers. This study used a quantitative research method with a cross-sectional analytic research design and this research was augmented by doing simple qualitative research in which researchers did a deep interview. This research was done from July to August of 2020. This study used univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis. There were 60 respondents of this study from all KB acceptors in Pekanbaru. The results showed that the p-value <0.05 was among other variables the number of children (p = 0.002) with POR = 11.047, the knowledge variable (p = 0.036) with POR = 4.586 strengthened by qualitative research: "The benefits of using all types of family planning may be the same, ma'am, to distance pregnancies, but some are sterile, so they can no longer have children, the disadvantages, I don't understand, the attitude variable (p = 0.045) with POR = 5.614 Have you ever wanted to try but was afraid of pain during installation because I heard information that it hurt during installation and someone said it didn't fit, and variables not related to the selection of MKJP, namely support for health workers, support from husbands and number of children. It is expected that all health centers in Pekanbaru will continue to persuade health promotions with various available media, to increase long-term contraceptive users and reduce birth and mortality rates.