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Abstract |
| Title |
: KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOR IN USING POSTCOITAL PILLS OF CONSUMERS IN COMMUNITY PHARMACY |
| By |
: CHONCHANOK CHAWEEWONG
PATTRA BOONSAI |
| Degree |
: BACHELOR OF PHARMACY |
| Advisor |
: SUPARAT CHANLUANG
NONGLEK KUNAWARADISAI |
| Keywords |
: POSTCOILTAL PILLS, KNOWLEDGE, BEHAVIOR |
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| Oral contraceptive pill is one of the convenient and widely used way in contraception of most Thai women. Of those pills, postcoital tablets are the most commonly and emergency used to prevent unplanned pregnancy after conception. Nevertheless, some information indicated that women still lack of knowledge in various area of using these pills. . The purpose of this study is to identify the knowledge and behavior of using emergency postcoital pills of women in community pharmacy. Factors related to the knowledge level were also identified. The cross-sectional survey was commenced in a purposive sampling of community pharmacy in Muang district, Ubon Ratchathani during Oct–Dec, 2011. The participants were 125 women who purchased the emergency pills from community pharmacy for their own use. The data were collected using self-administered questionnaires consisted of a knowledge test and the behavior questions in using postcoiltal pills. The result indicated that 69.0% of subjects were students aging between 16-25 years old. More than 90.0% informed that they had knowledge about postcoiltal pills including indication and administration. The least information known were about contraindication, efficacy and side effects. The major source of information was from friends following by medical personnel. In terms of behavior in using emergency pills, the results revealed that 80.2% of subjects used these pills mostly when there was an error in their usual method of contraception and time to take the 1st pill was within 72 hours after intercourse and the 2nd pill was 12 hours after. The level of knowledge in 46.8 % of participants was intermediate. There were 84.1% of subjects knew that postcoiltal pills should be taken as soon after sexual intercourse. Only 21.4% knew that these pills should not be taken during menstrual period. The results from this study indicate that there should be a major concern in the numbers of using this type of contraception in young adults especially in students. The major issues that should be aimed in education and counseling are not only the administration but efficacy and side effects of these pills also should be concentrated. |
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