title: [Abortion on demand. Descriptive and quantitative study of psychological and psychosocial aspects].
abstract: A pilot study investigated 66 women (mean age: 27 years) before or after abortion with a standardised questionnaire in a center for family planning in Bobigny, a northern suburb of Paris. The results were compared to a former study about spontaneous abortion (n = 156) in Regensburg (Germany). More than half of the women were from the oversea departments, Africa and Northern Africa. 30% were foreigners and 75% unmarried. 48% had repetitive abortions. However gynaecological and obstetrical complications were low. The undesired pregnancies were in link with discontinued contraceptive protection of the two partners and low male participation. After the abortion feelings of release and short perturbations were predominant and depressive reactions significantly less frequent than after spontaneous abortion. Serious disorders were rare.
authors.affiliation: Département de psychopathologie familiale, Faculté de médecine, Université Paris-Nord.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Läpple
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000523:psychology*; D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D010332:Paternal Behavior; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012008:Recurrence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Interruption volontaire de grossesse. Etude descriptive et quantitative des aspects psychologiques et psychosociaux.