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23All the 51 respondents reported that they were asked about reproductive and medicalhistory prior to undergoing the procedure (Table 10). Ninety-six percent had their bloodpressure checked and details of menstrual cycle were enquired from all the acceptors, butvaginal examination was carried out in slightly one-half of the cases. Blood tests wereconducted for 69 percent and urine tests for 82 percent of the acceptors. Thus it appears thatrecommended care and precautions for ruling out contraindications were taken for largemajority of the acceptors.Table 11Distribution of acceptors having experienced complications after sterilization and proportionreceived compensation for complications_________________________________________________________________________Response No. of Acceptors %_________________________________________________________________________At least one complication 13 25.5None 38 74.5Type of ComplicationsBackache 07 53.8Abdominal pain 04 30.8General weakness 09 69.2Irregular periods. 03 23.1Received CompensationYes 00 00.0No 13 100.0Total: 51 1006.10 ComplicationsAll the acceptors were asked to mention whether they experienced anycomplications after the acceptance of the method and multiple responses were recorded incase a woman reported more than one complication. Interestingly, only 25 percent of theacceptors mentioned to have experienced the complications after sterilization (Table 11).The major problems reported are abdominal pain (31 percent), backache (54 percent) andgeneral weakness (69 percent) and irregular periods (23 percent). Thus, the proportion ofwomen reporting having experienced complications after accepting sterilizations from the