title: [Abortion in women living in the outskirts of São Paulo: experience and socioeconomic aspects].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare and analyze socioeconomic aspects and the emotional experience of women with spontaneous or induced abortion and in women living in the outskirts of São Paulo.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective case-control study carried out from July 2008 to March 2010, involving semi-structured interviews with women who presented a previous diagnosis of abortion and who had been admitted to two public hospitals in the outskirts of São Paulo. The study included 100 women with diagnosis of abortion and were hospitalized for curettage. Eleven women who reported induced abortion (11%) represented the case group. The control group (n=22) was selected at a 2:1 ratio according to the following procedure: for every case of induced abortion, the next two cases of spontaneous abortion at the same hospital. A semistructured interview was conducted with questions regarding emotional aspects and family, social and economic context.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The women with induced abortion compared to the group with spontaneous abortion had lower educational level, with more frequent elementary level (82 versus 36%, p=0.04), lower income (median, R$ 1,000.00 versus R$ 1,400.00, p=0.04), lower personal income (median, R$ 200.00 versus R$ 333.00, p=0.04), higher frequency of negative feelings upon suspicion (82 versus 22%, p=0.004) and confirmation (72 versus 22%, p=0.03) of pregnancy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among women looking for health care in hospitals in the outskirts of São Paulo, induced abortion is related to unfavorable socioeconomic conditions, which affects the emotional experiences of suspicion and confirmation of pregnancy.
authors: Departamento de Obstetrícia e Ginecologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors: Cristina Mendes Gigliotti
authors: CM
authors: Borsari
authors: Roseli Mieko Yamamoto
authors: RM
authors: Nomura
authors: Gláucia Rosana Guerra
authors: GR
authors: Benute
authors: Mara Cristina Souza de
authors: MC
authors: Lucia
authors: Rossana Pulcineli Vieira
authors: RP
authors: Francisco
authors: Marcelo
authors: M
authors: Zugaib
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D001938:Brazil; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors