Purpose: The descriptive study was made with 66 women who were hospitalized with chronicle illness in medical clinics at Mersin Public Hospital between 01.03.2004 - 31.07.2004.
Method: The data was collected by using a questionnaire and evaluated by the persentages and Chi- Square statistical methods.
Results: 66.7 % of the women were hospitalised at least two times, 51.6 % had not used any family planning method.53.1 % of women had used coitus interraptus and 89.4 % had not been given any consultation about family planning. 33.0% of women said the illnesses were not affected their using of the family planning methods .