title: Contraception: attitudes and experiences of Saudi Arabian women.
abstract: We carried out a survey to find the contraception practices and experiences of Saudi Arabian females. A preset questionnaire was developed, and married Saudi females were asked to answer the questionnaire. Between July and December 2008, 215 women completed the questionnaire. The average age was 37.6 ± 9.1 years. One hundred and sixty one of the women said they were using contraception. Fifty-nine (36.6%) said they were using oral contraception pills (OCP) and 32 (19.9%) said they were using intra-uterine contraceptive devices (IUCDs). One hundred and twenty-seven (78.8%) of the women were satisfied with the contraception they were using. We found that a majority of Saudi women are using contraception methods but without medical advice.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Haifa Abdulaziz
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Al-Turki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D018912:Arabs; D003267:Contraception / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003274:Contraceptive Devices, Female / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult