Comparative satisfaction of receiving medical abortion service from nurses and auxiliary nurse-midwives or doctors in Nepal: results of a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early first-trimester medical abortion (MA) service (≤ 63 days) has been provided by doctors and nurses under doctors' supervision since 2009 in Nepal. This paper assesses whether MA services provided by specifically trained and certified nurses and auxiliary nurse-midwives independently from doctors' supervision, is considered as satisfactory by women as those provided by doctors.

Methods

The data come from a multi-center, randomized, controlled equivalence trial conducted between April 2009 and March 2010 in five district hospitals in Nepal. Women seeking MA were randomly assigned to doctors or nurses and auxiliary nurse-midwives(ANMs).Eligible women were administered 200 mg mifepristone orally followed by 800 μg misoprostol vaginally two days later by their ass

SUBMITTER: Tamang A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5732435 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature