Exploring treatment preferences for psychological services after abortion among college students

Curley, Maureen; Johnston, Céleste

doi:10.1080/02646838.2013.879566

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“…Guilt is also very present in the later stage (Carlsson et al, 2016; Curley & Johnston, 2014; Irani et al, 2019; Kirkman et al, 2017; Maguire et al, 2015; Ridaura et al, 2017). Following termination of the pregnancy, couples begin to search for the cause of the foetal abnormality (Consonni & Petean, 2013).…”

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‘My biggest fear is that people will forget about him’: Mothers' emotional transitions after terminating their pregnancy for medical reasons

González-Ramos

Zuriguel‐Pérez

Collado-Palomares

et al. 2022

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and objectives:To explore women's emotional responses throughout the process of terminating a pregnancy for medical reasons.Background: Making the choice to terminate a desired pregnancy for medical reasons has a negative impact on women's health, as it is a distressing process that involves making hard decisions and readjusting one's expectations of an idealised pregnancy.Methods: A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted following the COREQ checklist. Fifteen semi-structured interviews and two focus groups were conducted with women who had terminated their pregnancies for medical reasons, previous to and during the COVID-19 lockdown. Subsequently, we analysed the content.Results: One main category, emotional journey during the process of terminating the pregnancy, and six subcategories were identified: (I) representation and desire to become a mother, (II) main concerns, (III) impact of the news, (IV) decision-making, (V) emotional responses before termination for medical reasons and (VI) emotional responses after termination for medical reasons. All contributed to understanding the specificities of the different phases that make up the emotional journey of terminating a pregnancy for medical reasons. Conclusions:The findings of this study suggest that there are a number of predominant emotions that professionals need to be aware of in order to help women work through them and lessen the impact of pregnancy termination on their mental health. COVID-19 had different connotations depending on the women's experiences.Relevance to clinical practice: Our results highlight how important the role of healthcare staff is in caring for these women and their partners, which involves recognising their emotions throughout the process. Our results also underline how useful it is to conduct qualitative studies in this context, since they constitute a set of activities and interventions that result in the administration of nursing care in itself.

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‘My biggest fear is that people will forget about him’: Mothers' emotional transitions after terminating their pregnancy for medical reasons

González-Ramos

Zuriguel‐Pérez

Collado-Palomares

et al. 2022

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…5 Furthermore, the psychological ramifications are significant, with a spectrum ranging from remorse, anxiety, depression, guilt, sadness, despair, post-traumatic stress disorders, and even suicide. 6,7 Moreover, the annual medical cost of unintended pregnancy in the United States is estimated to be $4.6 billion annually. 8 Therefore, unintended pregnancy is a considerable public health issue, with a high-cost burden which urgently needs to be solved with contraceptives.…”

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“…e ., the global unintended pregnancy rate was 6.4%, while 73.3 million unintended pregnancies ended with abortion, resulting in a global abortion rate of 3.9%. , Abortion, a direct consequence of unintended pregnancy, causes significant physical and psychological issues to women, including physiological effects like intrauterine infections, uterine abnormalities, uterine damage, cardiovascular disease, and venous thromboembolism . Furthermore, the psychological ramifications are significant, with a spectrum ranging from remorse, anxiety, depression, guilt, sadness, despair, post-traumatic stress disorders, and even suicide. , Moreover, the annual medical cost of unintended pregnancy in the United States is estimated to be $4.6 billion annually . Therefore, unintended pregnancy is a considerable public health issue, with a high-cost burden which urgently needs to be solved with contraceptives. , …”

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Nanomaterials Solutions for Contraception: Concerns, Advances, and Prospects

Su,

Diao,

McGuire

et al. 2023

ACS Nano

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Preventing unintentional pregnancy is one of the goals of a global public health policy to minimize effects on individuals, families, and society. Various contraceptive formulations with high effectiveness and acceptance, including intrauterine devices, hormonal patches for females, and condoms and vasectomy for males, have been developed and adopted over the last decades. However, distinct breakthroughs of contraceptive techniques have not yet been achieved, while the associated long-term adverse effects are insurmountable, such as endocrine system disorder along with hormone administration, invasive ligation, and slowly restored fertility after removal of intrauterine devices. Spurred by developments of nanomaterials and bionanotechnologies, advanced contraceptives could be fulfilled via nanomaterial solutions with much safer and more controllable and effective approaches to meet various and specific needs for women and men at different reproductive stages. Nanomedicine techniques have been extended to develop contraceptive methods, such as the targeted drug delivery and controlled release of hormone using nanocarriers for females and physical stimulation assisted vasectomy using functional nanomaterials via photothermal treatment or magnetic hyperthermia for males. Nanomaterial solutions for advanced contraceptives offer significantly improved biosafety, noninvasive administration, and controllable reversibility. This review summarizes the nanomaterial solutions to female and male contraceptives including the working mechanisms, clinical concerns, and their merits and demerits. This work also reviewed the nanomaterials that have been adopted in contraceptive applications. In addition, we further discuss safety considerations and future perspectives of nanomaterials in nanostrategy development for next-generation contraceptives. We expect that nanomaterials would potentially replace conventional materials for contraception in the near future.

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The emotional responses of women when terminating a pregnancy for medical reasons: A scoping review

González-Ramos¹,

Zuriguel‐Pérez²,

Albacar-Riobóo³

et al. 2021

Midwifery

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Exploring treatment preferences for psychological services after abortion among college students

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

‘My biggest fear is that people will forget about him’: Mothers' emotional transitions after terminating their pregnancy for medical reasons

‘My biggest fear is that people will forget about him’: Mothers' emotional transitions after terminating their pregnancy for medical reasons

Nanomaterials Solutions for Contraception: Concerns, Advances, and Prospects

The emotional responses of women when terminating a pregnancy for medical reasons: A scoping review

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