Assessment of women's satisfaction with medical termination of pregnancy.
This was a prospective study involving 205 women seeking medical abortion with gestational age<or=63 days. Questionnaires regarding expectations, experience and satisfaction with medical abortion were self-completed at the end of the procedure. Women's satisfaction was assessed using the visual analogue scale from 0 to 10. Satisfaction and acceptability parameters were correlated with socio-demographic and obstetric data. The mean degree of overall satisfaction was 8.3 (range 1-10). Around 90% of women would select the method again and would recommend it to a friend or relative. The degree of satisfaction showed a positive correlation with women's age (P<0.001) and number of children (P<0.05) and a significant negative correlation with gestational age (P<0.005). Marital status, type of financial support and acceptable pain and bleeding experience also showed a correlation with the satisfaction score. On the other hand, acceptability was correlated with husband/partner agreement and support during the procedure and adequate counselling regarding pain and bleeding.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK. essam@abdel-aziz.freeserve.co.uk
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D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires