Characteristics of hospital abortions in a public maternity in the municipality of Serra - ES

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Maciel, Ethel Leonor Nóia¹  Blandino, Vanez da Rocha Panetto²  Nader, Priscilla Rocha Araújo³ 

[1] Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo;UNIVIX;Escola Superior de Ciências da Santa Casa de Misericórdia

关键词: Abortion;    Reproductive health;    Family planning;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-790X2007000400019

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The study aimedto describe the characteristics of abortion of women in a public hospital inthe state of Espírito Santo. It is a cross-sectional study. The sampleconsisted of 21 women who had induced abortion, and 62 who declared miscarriage,hospitalized in the period between August 2005 and January 2006. A form wasused for data collection. Data were analyzed by SPSS, version 14.0. In bothkinds of abortion, most women (85.5%) had not planned to become pregnant andthe predominant gestational age was 10 weeks and less. A greater percentageof women from the induced abortion group were advised to abort (47.6%), hadbleedings (28.6%) and signs of infection (19.1%) at admission and needed antibiotictherapy (19.1%). The method chosen to abort was Misoprostol (76.2%). The concepto'sfather was more participative in the decision of abortion than the family. Themain reasons for induced abortion were the lack of good financial situation(29.4%), lack of father support (20.6%), and non-stable marital status (17.7%).The authors conclude it is necessary to increase the possibility of planningpregnancy and valuing Family Planning as an indispensable component for theglobal process of the Country's social and economic development.

【 授权许可】

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