Perception of the Saudi Population on Abortion Decisions in Congenital Fetal Anomalies.

Autor:	Alharbi RH; College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, SAU., Alajmani L; College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, SAU., Alhajrasi RK; College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, SAU., Hindi MO; College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, SAU., Alsaywid BS; Pediatric Urology Section, Department of Urology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, SAU.; Education and Research Skills Directory, Saudi National Institute of Health, Riyadh, SAU., Lytras MD; Computer Science, Effat College of Engineering, Effat University, Jeddah, SAU.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Cureus [Cureus] 2022 Dec 16; Vol. 14 (12), pp. e32587. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 16 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.7759/cureus.32587
Abstrakt:	Introduction Termination of pregnancy for fetal anomalies is well reported in the literature and accepted by the western and other non-Muslim communities, but Muslim communities' perception is poorly reported and rarely mentioned. This study aims to evaluate the perception of the Saudi community on abortion decisions as a management option in congenital fetal anomalies. Methods This is an observational, descriptive cross-sectional study, where participants of Saudi nationality, living in Jeddah, and consenting to participate in the research filled up a self-administrated, structured, close-ended, validated questionnaire. The level of agreement was measured on a Likert scale. Results A total of 574 participants were included in the study; 43.3% were female. The mean age of the participants was 30.3 years (SD = 10.6). Undergraduate students were 58.9%, single participants were 56.3%, and participants without children were 61.3%. The prevalence of abortion was 17.9%. The overall agreement on accepting abortion as an option was 61%. Gender (p<0.001), knowledge level (p=0.003), and religion (p=0.01) were the most important factors that influenced people's perception of abortion. Other factors like participants' age (p=0.09), level of education (p=0.48), marital status (p=0.16), having children (p=0.48), and gender of the fetus (p=0.2) were not significant factors in their decision to choose abortion. Conclusion Overall, Saudis were more inclined to accept abortion in case of a confirmed congenital anomaly, yet females were more accepting of the idea than males. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright © 2022, Alharbi et al.)
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