Reasons for induced abortion

Reasons for induced abortion - Reasons for abortion

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON34469

Enrollment

120

Registered

2010-11-12

Start date

2010-11-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

abortion unintented pregnancy

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for all women are: 1) living in the Netherlands; 2) aged between 18-44. Further, women who underwent an abortion (approximately 3 to 6 weeks prior to the in-depth interview) in one of the participating abortion clinics are invited for participation as well as women who decided to stay pregnant after their initial visit to the abortion clinic or to the FIOM.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Women will be excluded from participation if: 1) abortion was on medical grounds (embryonal or foetal abnormalities or health risks for the mother); 2) women's ability to express themselves in the Dutch language is insufficient; 3) cognitively not able to be interviewed

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
- Reasons for induced abortion or continuation of pregnancy - Indicators of doubt during the decision-making process regarding the unintended pregnancy. These indicators may be based on switching between options, ambivalent reasons/considerations, ambivalent feelings and thoughts, explicitly stated doubts, verbal expressions of regret afterwards. - Women's doubts regarding their decision as noted by abortion doctors and FIOM counselors.	—

Measure

Time frame

- Reasons for induced abortion or continuation of pregnancy - Indicators of doubt during the decision-making process regarding the unintended pregnancy. These indicators may be based on switching between options, ambivalent reasons/considerations, ambivalent feelings and thoughts, explicitly stated doubts, verbal expressions of regret afterwards. - Women's doubts regarding their decision as noted by abortion doctors and FIOM counselors.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Psychosocial functioning (these variables will be assessed in the related study 'Abortion, mental health and wellbeing: A cohort study' (title in Dutch: Psychosociale gevolgen van abortus). For a detailed description of these measures, see the protocol of the related study with registration number NL3055.097.09.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results