ArticleContraception2011
Medical vs. surgical abortion: the importance of women's choice.
Article in Contraception, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Quantity over quality-Findings from a systematic review and environmental scan of patient decision aids on early abortion methods.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2018Pooled it
- Results from a study using misoprostol for management of incomplete abortion in Vietnamese hospitals: implications for task shifting.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2013Trial
- Revolution in abortion care? Perspectives of key informants on the importance of abortion method choice in the era of telemedicine.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2023Article
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- Medical abortion ratios and gender equality in Europe: an ecological correlation study.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2021Article
- A Retrospective Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Mifepristone-Misoprostol Medical Abortions in the First Year at the Regina General Hospital.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC · 2021Article
- Trends in the method and gestational age of abortion in high-income countries.BMJ sexual & reproductive health · 2019Article
- Adapting the Interpersonal Quality in Family Planning care scale to assess patient perspectives on abortion care.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2019Article
- Sociodemographic Characteristics of Women Able to Obtain Medication Abortion Before and After Ohio's Law Requiring Use of the Food and Drug Administration Protocol.Health equity · 2018Article
- Quality of Care in a Safe-Abortion Hotline in Indonesia: Beyond Harm Reduction.American journal of public health · 2016Article
- Improving access to safe abortion in a rural primary care setting in India: experience of a service delivery intervention.Reproductive health · 2016Article
- Medical versus surgical methods of early abortion: protocol for a systematic review and environmental scan of patient decision aids.BMJ open · 2015Article
- Non-invasive prenatal testing: a review of international implementation and challenges.International journal of women's health · 2015Review
- Contraceptive paths of adolescent women undergoing an abortion in France.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2012Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundUsing a large national sample of women undergoing an abortion in France, we explore the factors associated with medical or surgical abortion. We draw particular attention to the influence of women's preferences in the decision-making process. STUDY
designThe data are drawn from a nationally representative survey of 8,245 women undergoing an elective abortion in France in 2007. Analyses of factors associated with the type of abortion technique were performed among the 4,650 women who were identified as being eligible for the two techniques.
resultsSixty-eight percent of all abortions were medical procedures among women eligible for both techniques. The type of abortion technique was not dependent on women's age, parity, cohabitation status, socioeconomic circumstances nor on the type of facility providing the abortion (private or public). Conversely, women's participation in the decision-making process was strongly associated with the type of abortion method. Among the 50% of women who reported they had been given a choice, 84% underwent a medical procedure vs. 52% of those who were not offered a choice. Among the 2,286 women who were not involved in the decision, 35% indicated they trusted their doctor to make the best choice for them, while 44% were told it was too late for a medical procedure, although they had consulted before 8 weeks of amenorrhea.
conclusionIn this sample of French women who participated in a national survey on abortion, those who were involved in the decision-making process as to whether to have a medical or surgical procedure showed a strong preference for the medical procedure.
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