Acceptability of misoprostol-only medical termination of pregnancy compared with vacuum aspiration: an international, multicentre trial.
BJOG
; 119(7): 817-23, 2012 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-22432980
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To compare women's acceptance of misoprostol-only medical termination of pregnancy (TOP) with surgical TOP.DESIGN:
Prospective cohort study.SETTING:
Termination of pregnancy clinics in New Delhi, Mumbai, Hanoi, Tbilisi, Trivandrum and Yerevan. POPULATION Women requesting TOP, at 63 days of gestation or less, at study sites where both medical and surgical methods were available.METHODS:
Serial surveys eliciting measures of women's satisfaction and acceptance of TOP method were administered. Data were analysed using cross-tabulation and logistic regression to determine if TOP method was predictive of acceptability. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Patient acceptance.RESULTS:
High acceptability of both surgical and misoprostol-only TOP.CONCLUSIONS:
Where medical TOP with mifepristone is not available, misoprostol-only medical TOP is acceptable to women who have the choice between medical or surgical techniques.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Curetagem a Vácuo
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Abortivos não Esteroides
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Satisfação do Paciente
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Misoprostol
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Aborto Induzido
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BJOG
Assunto da revista:
GINECOLOGIA
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OBSTETRICIA
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
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