ArticleBMC public health2018
Association between induced abortion and suicidal ideation among unmarried female migrant workers in three metropolitan cities in China: a cross-sectional study.
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- [Association between induced abortion and depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2024Pooled it
- A Forensic Investigation and Critique of Suicidal Ideation Reported in a Turnaway Study.The Linacre quarterly · 2025Article
- Pregnant Women Presenting to Psychiatric Emergency Services: A Retrospective Chart Review from India.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2024Article
- How Job Stress and Psychological Adaptation Predicting Interpersonal Needs Among Female Migrant Manufacturing Workers in China: A Structural Equation Model.Safety and health at work · 2023Article
- A Cohort Study of Mental Health Services Utilization Following a First Pregnancy Abortion or Birth.International journal of women's health · 2023Article
- Abortion decision-making process trajectories and determinants in low- and middle-income countries: A mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
- Review of suicidal ideation during pregnancy: risk factors, prevalence, assessment instruments and consequences.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2022Review
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- The Turnaway Study: A Case of Self-Correction in Science Upended by Political Motivation and Unvetted Findings.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Affective and Substance Abuse Disorders Following Abortion by Pregnancy Intention in the United States: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Article
- Biological, Behavioral and Physiological Consequences of Drug-Induced Pregnancy Termination at First-Trimester Human Equivalent in an Animal Model.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
- The abortion and mental health controversy: A comprehensive literature review of common ground agreements, disagreements, actionable recommendations, and research opportunities.SAGE open medicine · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundDespite reports of mental health issues, suicidality has not been closely examined among the migrant population. The association between induced abortion and suicidal ideation is unknown among unmarried female migrant workers of reproductive age in China. This study aims to examine induced abortion and suicidality among the Chinese migrant population.
methodsWe recruited 5115 unmarried female migrant workers during 2015 to 2016 from Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, and collected demographic, psychosocial, reproductive and mental health information using structured questionnaires. We used logistic regression models to examine the association between lifetime induced abortion and suicidal ideation during the past year among the subjects.
resultsOverall, 8.2% of the subjects had suicidal ideation during the past year, and 15.5% of the subjects experienced induced abortion. Induced abortion was associated with nearly twice the odds of having past-year suicidal ideation (Odds ratio, OR = 1.89; 95% confidence interval, CI: 1.46, 2.44) after adjusting for age, education, years in the working place, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, daily internet use, attitude towards premarital pregnancy, multiple induced abortion, self-esteem, loneliness, depression, and anxiety disorders. The association was stronger in those aged > 25 (OR = 3.37, 95% CI = 2.16, 5.28), with > 5 years of stay in the working place (OR = 2.98, 95% CI = 2.02, 4.39), the non-anxiety group (OR = 2.28, 95% CI = 1.74, 3.00), and the non-depression group (OR = 2.94, 95% CI = 2.08, 4.15).
conclusionsInduced abortion was associated with increased odds for suicidal ideation among the unmarried female migrant workers in urban cities in China. More attention should be paid to the mental health of the population.
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