Tubal ligation: the characterization of sterilized users of a public service

• Published in: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P Vol. 45; no. 1; p. 55
• Main Authors: Nicolau, Ana Izabel Oliveira, de Moraes, Maria Leonor Costa, Lima, Diego Jorge Maia, de Souza Aquino, Priscila, Pinheiro, Ana Karina Bezerra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Brazil 01.03.2011
• Subjects: Adult; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Socioeconomic Factors; Sterilization, Tubal - statistics & numerical data; Young Adult

The purpose of this study was to trace the contraceptive history of sterilized women and identify the associations between educational, sexual and obstetric variables and the women's age when they underwent the procedure for tubal ligation (TL). This is a retrospective documentary study perform...