RT - Journal Article T1 - Survey of Atittude and Knowledge About Tubal Ligation and its Complications in Women Residing in Rasht JF - gums-med YR - 2004 JO - gums-med VO - 12 IS - 48 UR - http://journal.gums.ac.ir/article-1-714-en.html SP - 52 EP - 60 K1 - Contraception K1 - Family Planning K1 - Knowledge K1 - Sterilization K1 - ‏Tubal AB - Introduction: Contraception is a major component of preventive health care for women. Several methods are used for familly planning but tubal ligation (TL) is different from other contraceptives because often it isn’t reversible.Recently,due to decrease in acceptability of TL in women,there are questions on saftey of this method. Objective: The purpose of this stuy was to investigate attitudes and knowledge about tubal ligation and possibility of Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome in women residing in Rasht. Materials and Methods: In this study, 403 women were collected with stratified randomized sampling. The data collection instrument consisted of a three-part questionnaire which included:(1) the demographics (2) knowledge level and (3) questions concerning the attitude. We applied the SPSS.9 statistical analysis software and Chi-square tests, pearsonian coefficient. P LA eng UL http://journal.gums.ac.ir/article-1-714-en.html M3 ER -