Family doctor's attitude to modern contraception

Aim. To evaluate the attitude to modern contraception of family doctors working in Kaunas. Objectives. 1) To compare the attitude to contraception between family doctors working in private and public medical institutions. 2) To compare the attitude to contraception of family doctors of different age. 3) To evaluate knowledge about modern contraception of family doctors and their professional development needs. Methods. The anonymous questionnaire survey was done during the April-September of the year 2018. 2 public and 9 private medical institutions were included. There were 175 family doctors in all (163 women and 12 men). 84 respondents worked in public, 83 – in private and 8 doctors worked in both medical institutions. Two groups were made by their age: 93 family doctors were under 50 years old and 82 were older than 50 years old. The data analysis was performed using a statistical program package (SPSS Version 24.0 for Windows) and Microsoft Office Excel 2016. To evaluate the distribution of attributes absolute (N) and percentage (%) frequencies were applied. The differences between the groups were evaluated using χ2 test. Fisher‘s exact test was applied for unlikely frequencies. The disparity was considered statistically significant when p<0,05. Results. Family doctors under 50 years old more often advise their patients on contraception (69,3%) (p