Factors associated with pregnancy termination in Ukrainian women
| Autor: | Viveca Odlind, Dan Hellberg, Iryna Mogilevkina, Marie-Louise Nordström |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Pregnancy Obstetrics business.industry Previous pregnancy Ukrainian Case-control study Obstetrics and Gynecology General Medicine Abortion medicine.disease Logistic regression language.human_language Environmental protection medicine language Childbirth Pregnancy termination business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 79:1126-1131 |
| ISSN: | 0001-6349 |
| DOI: | 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.0790121126.x |
| Popis: | Objectives. To study differences in social and demographic characteristics between women undergoing an induced abortion and antenatal care attendants in the Ukraine.Design. Hospital-based unmatched case control study.Methods. From a survey including 1,694 women of fertile age, who attended five women's clinics in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, we studied those who came for termination of pregnancy (n = 919) and for antenatal care (n=478). The data were obtained through an anonymous self-questionnaire. From the 192-item questionnaire questions dealing with social and demographic characteristics, previous pregnancy experience, and attitude towards abortion were analyzed. Multiple logistic regression was used to analyze the risk of pregnancy termination.Results. Termination of pregnancy was associated with being single (OR=11.8). Both previous childbirth and previous induced abortion were other determinants as well as being younger than 19 years old (OR=3.8), having a positive attitude towards abortion (OR=2.7... |
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