title: [Spountaneous and induced abortion: anxiety, depression and guilty].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pregnancy has a symbolic meaning for each woman. It varies according to personality structure and is related to women's previous life experiences.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  the aim was to characterize the women that suffered abortion, asking about anxiety and depression, looking for guilty feelings after abortion, and to compare results between women who suffered spontaneous abortion and those who had intentional abortion.
  
  
  METHODS
  fifty women with spontaneous and fifty with induced abortion were interviewed 30 days after the procedure. A semistructured questionnaire with open and closed-end questions and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were administered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  woman who induced abortion revealed to be more anxious (mean 11) and depressed (mean 8.3) than woman with spontaneous abortion (means 8.7 and 6.1 respectively, p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  women who presented induced abortion were more anxious and depressed, as shown by later life events, full of problematic feelings and the need for psychological support.
authors.affiliation: serviço de saúde, HC, FM, USP, São Paulo, SP.
authors.forename: Gláucia Rosana Guerra
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Benute
authors.forename: Roseli Mieko Yamamoto
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Pedro Paulo
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Mara Cristina Souza de
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lucia
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zugaib
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology*; D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D055815:Young Adult