Self-management of first trimester medical termination of pregnancy: a qualitative study of women's experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the experiences of women in Scotland who return home to complete medical termination of pregnancy (TOP) ≤63 days of gestation, after being administered with mifepristone and misoprostol at an NHS TOP clinic.

Design

Qualitative interview study.

Setting

One National Health Service health board (administrative) area in Scotland.

Population or sample

Women in Scotland who had undergone medical TOP ≤63 days, and self-managed passing the pregnancy at home; recruited from three clinics in one NHS health board area between January and July 2014.

Methods

In-depth, semi-structured interviews with 44 women in Scotland who had recently undergone TOP ≤63 days of gestation, and who returned home to pass the pregnancy. Data were analysed thematical

SUBMITTER: Purcell C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5724679 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature