Termination of pregnancy: Patients' perceptions of care

Slade, Pauline; Heke, Sarah; Fletcher, Joanne; Stewart, Peter

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“…1,3,4 The National Health Service (NHS) Plan requires each NHS Trust in England to obtain feedback from patients about their experiences of care 5 but there has been little work to date on women's experience of abortion services. Questionnaire surveys provide some information [6][7][8][9] but cannot provide a detailed account of women's experience of this procedure, and in-depth qualitative data are scarce. [10][11][12] Data on the experience of women using the NHS abortion service in three inner London boroughs are presented, from the time the women suspected that they were pregnant until their first visit for assessment prior to the abortion procedure.…”

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Decision making and referral prior to abortion: a qualitative study of women's experiences

Kumar¹,

Baraitser

Morton

et al. 2004

j fam plann reprod health care

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ConclusionsThe focus on premarital carrier matching was presented in this study as the result of a community-based and culturesensitive process. Embedding genetic counselling in the Bedouin community was done for the purpose of marriage and family planning, and is expected to lead eventually to a reduction in the prevalence of affected babies. It remains to be seen whether, in the Bedouin setting, an incompatible result derived from premarital carrier matching would indeed be acted upon. Further research is needed to explore the actual uptake of the genetic counselling service and its use in the decision-making process as regards marriage, family planning and reproduction. AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to thank all the Bedouin respondents and genetic counsellors who participated in this study. They are also indebted to the anonymous journal reviewers for their useful comments. The authors would like to acknowledge the co-operation of two co-investigators who initiated and oversaw the project described here and who were responsible for the tremendous genetic and epidemiological work that preceded this project, namely Profs Ilana Shoham-Vardi and Rivka Carmi. Statements on funding and competing interestsFunding. This study was funded by grants from the Israel Foundation Trustees (Project PS14/3) and the Israel Science Foundation (Grant 769/00-2). Competing interests. None identified. References

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Decision making and referral prior to abortion: a qualitative study of women's experiences

Kumar¹,

Baraitser

Morton

et al. 2004

j fam plann reprod health care

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“…Younger women 1,2,6 , women with higher levels of education 2 and women without children 1,6 were more likely to report negative experiences of abortion care. Experiences of long waiting time 2,5,7 , inadequacies in treatment by clinicians and health care staff 2,3,5,7 and medical complications in relation to the abortion 1 are examples of health care-related factors. One researcher suggested that to increase satisfaction with abortion services for women undergoing surgical abortion the waiting time at the clinic should be shortened 7 .…”

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“…Experiences of long waiting time 2,5,7 , inadequacies in treatment by clinicians and health care staff 2,3,5,7 and medical complications in relation to the abortion 1 are examples of health care-related factors. One researcher suggested that to increase satisfaction with abortion services for women undergoing surgical abortion the waiting time at the clinic should be shortened 7 . For women having medical abortion, the provision of adequate and realistic information about bleeding, pain, expulsions and related factors is important and has been stressed in several studies [3][4][5][6] .…”

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How women perceive abortion care: A study focusing on healthy women and those with mental and posttraumatic stress

Lundell

Öhman

Sundström‐Poromaa

et al. 2015

The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health

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Objectives To identify perceived deficiencies in the quality of abortion care among healthy women and those with mental stress.Methods This multi-centre cohort study included six obstetrics and gynaecology departments in Sweden. Posttraumatic stress (PTSD/PTSS) was assessed using the Screen QuestionnairePosttraumatic Stress Disorder; anxiety and depressive symptoms, using the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale; and abortion quality perceptions, using a modified version of the Quality from the Patient's Perspective questionnaire. Pain during medical abortion was assessed in a subsample using a visual analogue scale.Results Overall, 16% of the participants assessed the abortion care as being deficient, and 22% experienced intense pain during medical abortion. Women with PTSD/PTSS more often perceived the abortion care as deficient overall and differed from healthy women in reports of deficiencies in support, respectful treatment, opportunities for privacy and rest, and availability of support from a significant person during the procedure. There was a marginally significant difference between PTSD/PTSS and the comparison group for insufficient pain alleviation.Conclusions Women with PTSD/PTSS perceived abortion care to be deficient more often than did healthy women. These women do require extra support, relatively simple efforts to provide adequate pain alleviation, support and privacy during abortion may improve abortion care.

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“…[2][3][4][5][6] However, very few large-scale studies examine the patients' psychological experience of abortion. 7 Gathering evidence of women's experiences of abortion is a difficult terrain to negotiate partly because the stigma associated with abortion militates against women's disclosure. 8 Accordingly, women who have elected to undergo abortion may not welcome contact about their experience and they may be reluctant to participate in research studies about abortion.…”

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Emotional and psychological impact of abortion: a critique of the literature

Astbury-Ward¹

2008

j fam plann reprod health care

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Termination of pregnancy: Patients' perceptions of care

Abstract: Summary Background. Little is known about women's perceptions of care in termination of pregnancy (TOP).

Cited by 31 publications

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Decision making and referral prior to abortion: a qualitative study of women's experiences

Decision making and referral prior to abortion: a qualitative study of women's experiences

How women perceive abortion care: A study focusing on healthy women and those with mental and posttraumatic stress

Emotional and psychological impact of abortion: a critique of the literature

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