MR Loutfy|J. Raboud|Joanna Wong|M. H. Yudin|Christina Diong|SL Blitz|SL Margolese|Trevor Hart|Gina Ogilvie|K.-I. Masinde|WE Tharao|G Linklater|Khaled Salam|Fanta Ongoïba|Jonathan B. Angel|Smaill Fm|A. Rachlis|ED Ralph|Sharon Walmsley
High prevalence of unintended pregnancies in HIV?positive women of reproductive age in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective study
Women's College Hospital|University of Toronto|University of Toronto|University Health Network|Women's College Hospital|St. Michael's Hospital|University of Toronto|St Michaels Hospital|University Health Network|University Health Network|Women's College Hospital|University of Toronto|Toronto Metropolitan University|BC Centre for Disease Control|University of British Columbia|Women's College Hospital|Women's Health In Women's Hands|Northern Ontario Academic Medicine Association|AIDS Committee of Toronto|Ottawa Hospital|McMaster University|University of Toronto|Sunnybrook Health Science Centre|Health Sciences Centre|St Joseph's Health Care|University of Toronto|University Health Network
speculation data high rates unintended pregnancies hivpositive women investigated rates correlates unintended pregnancies among hivpositive women reproductive agea crosssectional study conducted recruitment stratified match geographical distribution hivpositive women reproductive age 1852 years living ontario canada women recruited 38 sites october 2007 april 2009 invited complete 189item selfadministered survey analysis focused questions relating pregnancy whether last pregnancy intended logistic regression models fitted calculate unadjusted adjusted odds ratios correlates unintended pregnancies occurring hiv diagnosis happiness unintended pregnancies also assessedthe median age time survey 416 participating hivpositive women previously pregnant 53 47 hiv diagnosis 38 years interquartile range iqr 3344 years last pregnancy median 8 years iqr 314 years prior survey n283 fiftynine per cent born outside canada 47 african ethnicity 416 56 95 confidence interval ci 5161 identified last pregnancy unintended 57 54 hiv diagnosis multivariable model significant correlates unintended pregnancy hiv diagnosis marital status p001 never given birth p001 women less happy pregnancy unintended p001the prevalence unintended pregnancy high cohort pregnancy planning programmes needed population decrease fetal maternal complications reduce vertical horizontal transmission