Psychological aspects of female sterilisation--assessment of subsequent regret.
In order to study subsequent regret as a complication of female sterilisation, hospital records of women requesting reversal of their sterilisation were compared with women who had not requested a reversal. Regret was more likely in women sterilised at a younger age, but was not associated with lower parity. Women requesting reversal were interviewed to determine the psychosocial factors likely to produce later regret. The clinical implications are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010556:Personality Tests; D011593:Psychology, Social; D013243:Sterilization Reversal / Q000523:psychology; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors