Phone Survey Participants’ Reported Contraceptive Implant Side Effects and Social Influence by Context and Desire to Remove Implant, Ghana
| Publica(N=1,159) | Outreach(N=1,073) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever Wanted Removal(n=373)% | Never Wanted Removal(n=786)% | Ever Wanted Removal(n=231)% | Never Wanted Removal(n=842)% | |
| Reported experiencing bleeding side effects | 85.2 | 75.6 | (n=230) 90.0 | (n=840) 77.3 |
| Most commonly mentioned bleeding side effectsb | (n=315) | (n=597) | (n=208) | (n=651) |
| Stopped having period | 39.3 | 37.2 | 46.6 | 48.9 |
| Bleed more during period | 37.6 | 25.7 | 19.7 | 14.8 |
| Bleed less during period | 23.8 | 25.5 | 22.1 | 24.3 |
| Period lasts longer | 26.0 | 23.0 | 26.4 | 24.3 |
| Period is shorter | 13.8 | 15.4 | 18.3 | 18.0 |
| Reported experiencing side effects (other than bleeding) | (n=372) 59.6 | (n=784) 40.3 | (n=230) 70.0 | (n=840) 38.0 |
| Most commonly mentioned other side effectsb | (n=227) | (n=315) | (n=161) | (n=320) |
| Dizziness | 47.1 | 26.5 | 50.3 | 38.4 |
| Weight change | 43.2 | 40.1 | 40.4 | 33.4 |
| Headaches | 23.8 | 26.4 | 15.5 | 13.1 |
| Abdominal pain | 11.1 | 21.9 | 14.9 | 15.9 |
| Reported someone influenced to stop using implant | 40.5 | 31.8 | 51.5 | 29.8 |
| Person(s) influenced byb | (n=154) | (n=237) | (n=118) | (n=215) |
| Neighbor or friend | 54.9 | 83.5 | 54.2 | 76.9 |
| Husband or partner | 42.1 | 14.4 | 31.4 | 12.0 |
| Mother | 9.7 | 7.2 | 14.4 | 6.8 |
| Other person/unspecified | 3.8 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.8 |