根据当代女性绝育时的年龄估计绝育后悔的风险。
我们对2015-2017年和2017-2019年全国家庭增长调查的横截面数据进行了回顾性分析,女性受访者档案,估计经历绝育后悔的女性比例。描述性统计数据被用来描述人口和遗憾的比例。灭菌遗憾被定义为经历了灭菌逆转或肯定想要灭菌逆转的人。使用多变量逻辑回归模型来评估与绝育后悔的关联。
共有1,549名接受绝育的妇女被纳入分析;8%的年龄为21-30岁,92%的人年龄超过30岁。在参与者中,16.9%确定为黑色,22.0%是西班牙裔,57.2%为白色。大多数(58.4%)在21至30岁之间接受了输卵管绝育手术。后悔的累积比例为10.2%(21-30岁接受绝育的妇女为12.6%,30岁以上接受绝育的妇女为6.7%)。在控制包括年龄在内的协变量后,种族,奇偶校验,教育程度,和绝育的医学原因,唯一与后悔有统计学显著关联的变量是访谈时的年龄(P<.001).随着女性年龄的增长,他们不太可能报告绝育遗憾。
年轻女性经历更多的绝育遗憾。随着女性年龄的增长,灭菌后悔减少。关于绝育的咨询应该揭示未来欲望的不可预测性,但是年龄本身不能成为进行绝育的障碍。
To estimate the risk of sterilization regret based on age at the time of sterilization in a contemporary group of women.
We conducted a retrospective analysis of cross-sectional data from the 2015-2017 and 2017-2019 National Survey of Family Growth, Female Respondent Files, to estimate the proportion of women who experience sterilization regret. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the population and the proportion with regret. Sterilization regret was defined as someone who either underwent sterilization reversal or who definitely wanted sterilization reversal. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess associations with sterilization regret.
A total of 1,549 women who underwent sterilization were included in the analysis; 8% were aged 21-30 years, and 92% were aged older than 30 years. Of the participants, 16.9% identified as Black, 22.0% as Hispanic, and 57.2% as White. Most (58.4%) underwent a tubal sterilization procedure between age 21 and 30 years. The cumulative proportion of regret was 10.2% (12.6% for women who underwent sterilization at age 21-30 years and 6.7% for those who underwent sterilization at older than age 30 years). After controlling for covariates including age, race, parity, educational attainment, and medical reason for sterilization, the only variable that had a statistically significant association with regret was age at the time of the interview (P<.001). As women got older, they were less likely to report sterilization regret.
Younger women experience more sterilization regret. As women get older, sterilization regret decreases. Counseling about sterilization should reveal the unpredictability of future desire, but age alone must not be a barrier to performing sterilization.