Assessment of Sterilization Operations among Eligible Couples in Two Districts with High Total Fertility Rate in Tribal Odisha: An Effort to Plan to Offer Respectful Contraceptive Operative Services

Abstract

A survey in two districts of Odisha with reportedly high total fertility rates, i.e., Boudh and Koraput (Annual Health Survey-2014), was performed under the aegis of the Indian Council of Medical Research, aiming to improve male participation in contraceptive acceptance and services. One hundred and forty-eight women out of 217 sterilization acceptors consented to the study. A semi-structured questionnaire with responses regarding the preoperative, operative, and postoperative experiences was used as the tool, and responses were analyzed in SPSS version 25. The outcome variable was a self-reported score of satisfaction on a scale of 1-10; wherein eight was reported by 42.7% of total women. The satisfaction score using linear regression was significant for the total times the woman was pregnant (β = -0.369; P = 0.002), with a unit increase in times, the woman was pregnant, and the satisfaction declined by 0.363 units. The study provides evidence of greater advocacy of a less heard mandate of "respectful contraception."