Mulheres hospitalizadas por abortamento em uma Maternidade Escola na Cidade do Recife, Brasil

Abstract

This cross-sectional study was performed with 160 women between 2005-2006. The objective was to describe the social-demographic and reproductive characteristics of women hospitalized due to abortions, and their knowledge about contraceptive methods and abortion induction. In order to determine the association between the abortion classification and social-demographic variables, Pearson's chi-square test was used, with a significance level of 5%. A frequency of 56.3% was found for probably induced abortions. Most cases of abortion occurred before 12 weeks (55.7%). As for the women's profiles: 48.9% were between 20-29 years old, 72.0% had eight years or more of schooling, 90.1% had a partner, 52.0% had 1-3 children, 100% knew about oral contraceptives and condoms and 80.0% had heard about misoprostol. The social-demographic and reproductive profile of women hospitalized at the referred service due to abortion did not change over the last years. Misoprostol remains the most known method for abortion induction.

Aborto inseguro no Brasil: revisão sistemática da produção científica, 2008-2018

“…Additionally, the use of selected populations and small samples reduces the potential for generalization of results. Taking these caveats into account, unsafe abortions was nonetheless associated with low income 24,42 , non-white race/color 10,17,23,30,42 and being single 21,22,31,35,36,37,38 , corroborating the vulnerability of segments of women who have unsafe abortions in Brazil, just as in other low-and middle-income countries 63,64 . Although the peak of having an abortion is situated between 20 and 29 years, in most studies, unsafe abortions occurrence increased with age 10,17,22,24,30,31 , which can be explained by the longer time of exposure to unplanned pregnancies.…”

“…Twenty-two studies addressed the characteristics of women who have abortions and/or factors associated with unsafe abortions 10,11,14,17,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,30,31,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42 (Table 2).…”

“…A study at a maternity hospital that is an HIV reference center for the entire country found an association with young age at first sexual relation, non-white race/color, smaller number of children, sexually transmissible infections, absence of prenatal care for that pregnancy and greater number of partners 17 . Four studies 36,37,38,39 used criteria from the World Health Organization (WHO) to classify abortions 43 and considered most as certainly or probably induced. They found an association between inducing an abortion and a larger number of children 38 , lack of a partner 36,37,38 and unwanted pregnancy 36 .…”

“…Four studies 36,37,38,39 used criteria from the World Health Organization (WHO) to classify abortions 43 and considered most as certainly or probably induced. They found an association between inducing an abortion and a larger number of children 38 , lack of a partner 36,37,38 and unwanted pregnancy 36 . Another study compared unsafe and safe abortions, noting higher frequency of unsafe abortions among wqomen with lower income, educations, with black race/color and migrants 42 .…”

Complicações do abortamento e assistência em maternidade pública integrada ao Programa Nacional Rede Cegonha

“…Este estudo observou uma proporção maior de adolescentes do que a que fora observada na década passada, e isto coincide com valores (20,7%) de outra pesquisa, realizada A precocidade da ocorrência dos abortamentos refletida na IG abaixo de 12 semanas, para 93% (n=103) das mulheres, é um dado que pode ser considerado revelador, na medida em que os casos de IG avançada estão mais associados a complicações, conforme descrito em outras pesquisas (RAMOS;FERREIRA;SOUZA, 2010). Além disso, houve ausên-cia de óbitos ou necessidade de intervenções cirúrgicas maiores ou de terapia intensiva, embora a média do tempo de internação das mulheres tenha sido de três dias.…”