Reproductive outcomes of patients with unfulfilled postpartum permanent contraception requests

Background: Patients who request but do not receive postpartum permanent contraception (PC) are at high risk of subsequent short-interval pregnancy. Objective: To describe contemporary subsequent pregnancy rates in patients requesting but not receiving postpartum PC. Design: Single-site retrospectiv...

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Autori principali: Grace A. Trompeter, James Shelton, Kavita Shah Arora, Victoria Lazarov, Elliana Gianacopoulos, Rachelle St. Onge
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: SAGE Publishing 2025-07-01
Serie:Women's Health
Accesso online:https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057251356883
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Riassunto:Background: Patients who request but do not receive postpartum permanent contraception (PC) are at high risk of subsequent short-interval pregnancy. Objective: To describe contemporary subsequent pregnancy rates in patients requesting but not receiving postpartum PC. Design: Single-site retrospective cohort study using medical record data of 2720 patients, 388 of whom presented for delivery with a signed Medicaid sterilization form. Methods: Reproductive outcomes of patients with unfulfilled postpartum PC requests (n = 234) were compared to a comparison group (n = 246) who did not request postpartum PC using descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression. Results: The overall PC completion rate was 39.7%. Among those with unfulfilled requests, 15.0% had a subsequent pregnancy within 18 months, compared to 27.1% of the comparison group. Conclusions: The subsequent pregnancy rate following an unfulfilled postpartum PC request is lower than historic estimates; however procedure nonfulfillment remains high.
ISSN:1745-5065