Abstract:
Background: According to WHO, Unintended pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy which
is the sum total of mistimed and unwanted pregnancy. Most unintended pregnancies result
from not using contraception or from not using it consistently or correctly and less
commonly; rape. Planned pregnancy can help the women to have a healthy baby.
Objective: To assess the prevalence and associated factors of unintended pregnancy
among currently pregnant women in Debre Berhan town, North Shoa Zone, Amhara
region, Ethiopia, 2020.
Methods: A community based cross sectional study design was conducted on 422
pregnant women in Debre Berhan town from February 20-30/2020.Cluster sampling
technique was used to assess the prevalence and associated factors of unintended
pregnancy. Data was collected by trained data collectors using Pre-tested structured
questionnaires and checked for completeness, consistency, coded and entered using Epi data version 3.1 then exported to SPSS version 22. The association between variables was
analyzed using bivariable, multivariable analyses and P-value ≤ 0.2 in bi-variable analysis
was used to select candidate variables. Finally, a variable with a P-value ≤ 0.05 in the final
model along with its 95% Confidence interval was considered to see statistically
significant association.
Results: -In this study from the total (422) study participants about 119 (28.2%) were
unintended, of which 19.4% were mistimed and 8.8% were unwanted pregnancy. Number
of previous pregnancy (AOR=0.224, 95% CI (0.108-0.467), access of information from
media (AOR=2.228, 95% CI (1.353-3.668) were a predictor factors for unintended
pregnancy.
Conclusion and Recommendation: This study was found that 28.2% of unintended
pregnancy, Policymakers and program planners need to design programs carefully to
reduce unintended pregnancy in the zone, especially, program should focus on helping
those groups of women who are identified in the analysis as being at increased risk of
unintended pregnancy.