A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY REGARDING KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES REGARDING NO SCALPEL VASECTOMY IN MARRIED MEN ATTENDING URBAN AND RURAL HEALTH FACILITIES IN RAJASTHAN

Author Name: 1. Anil Chohan 2. Dr. Abdul Latif

Volume/Issue: 03/06

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2022-86427389/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Research Scholar Nursing J.J.T.U. Rajasthan India.
2. Principal KGN College of Nursing Sikar PhD Nursing, India.

ABSTRACT

Sterilization is currently the world’s most widely used contraceptive method, in the developing and developed countries. Sterilization accounts for nearly half of all contraceptive use. Today, one out of four couples worldwide uses sterilizations as their family planning method. Though India was the first to launch family planning in 1952, population stabilization remains a distant dream. No scalpel vasectomy (NSV) is a modified and sophisticated technique of vasectomy which can be performed in low resource settings. However, acceptance of NSV is declining in India including Rajasthan. Hence a study was conducted to evaluate factors affecting acceptance of NSV amongst married men visiting urban and rural health facilities of Rajasthan. A cross sectional study was conducted amongst randomly selected 50 married males of 21 years old and above each in conveniently selected urban and rural health centre under a medical college. After obtaining written informed consent from the participants, data was collected from September 2021 to August 2021 with the help of semi structured questionnaire. Socio-demographic information, knowledge, attitude and practices were entered and analyzed in Epi Info 7. Study was approved by the institutional ethics committee. Majority (60%) of men attending the urban health care setup knew about NSV compared to those attending rural set up (34%). More number of participants from rural area (62%) was of opinion that NSV affects sexual performance as compared to urban area (44%). Willingness to recommend NSV to others was 62% and 32% in urban and rural men respectively. None of the participants (0%) underwent NSV. There is a huge gap between knowledge, attitude and practices regarding NSV in the study participants. It shows a need to revise strategies for its promotion.

Key words: KAP, Married men, Rajasthan, NSV