Differences in Financial and Social Burdens Experienced by Patients Traveling for Abortion Care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We compared perceived stress between women traveling 50 or fewer miles and more than 50 miles for abortion care. Secondary objectives were to compare individual-level stigma and hardship scores in patients by distance traveled to the clinic.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional study of patients presenting for care at an independent abortion clinic in southern Illinois. Participants completed a self-administered, tablet computer-based survey asking about their experiences seeking abortion, including the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Individual Level Abortion Stigma (ILAS) scale. We created a composite score to characterize patient hardship regarding abortion care (range, 0-4). We examined responses stratified by the patients' self-reported one-way distance tra

SUBMITTER: Addante AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9059566 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature