Table 4 Symptoms and acceptability of abortion experience
From: Surgical and medical second trimester abortion in South Africa: A cross-sectional study
| Â | D&E (n = 220) | Medical induction (n = 84) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Overall pain during entire abortion experience | Â | Â | 0.001 |
Extreme pain | 75 (34%) | 23 (31%) | Â |
High pain | 50 (23%) | 10 (14%) | Â |
Moderate pain | 40 (18%) | 11 (15%) | Â |
Slight pain | 38 (17%) | 11 (15%) | Â |
No pain | 15 (7%) | 19 (26%) | Â |
Symptoms reported | Â | Â | Â |
Nausea | 15 (7%) | 2 (3%) | 0.255 |
Vomiting | 57 (26%) | 23 (31%) | 0.452 |
Dizziness | 63 (29%) | 25 (34%) | 0.465 |
Diarrhea | 83 (38%) | 40 (54%) | 0.020 |
Tiredness | 107 (49%) | 40 (54%) | 0.575 |
Pain in lower abdomen | 214 (98%) | 74 (100%) | 0.573 |
Breast tenderness | 106 (49%) | 25 (34%) | 0.031 |
Headache | 84 (39%) | 27 (37%) | 0.783 |
Cold | 89 (41%) | 29 (39%) | 0.891 |
Sweating/hot/fever | 13 (6%) | 3 (4%) | 0.769 |
Other symptoms | 31 (14%) | 2 (3%) | 0.005 |
Overall emotional discomfort with abortion | Â | Â | 0.017 |
Moderate, high or extreme discomfort | 108 (50%) | 25 (34%) | Â |
None or slight discomfort | 109 (50%) | 49 (66%) | Â |
Overall satisfaction with abortion | Â | Â | 1.000 |
Very or somewhat satisfied | 207 (95%) | 71 (96%) | Â |
Neutral or somewhat or very dissatisfied | 11 (5%) | 3 (4%) | Â |
Would recommend the abortion method to a friend who needed one at same gestational age | Â | Â | 0.995 |
Highly or somewhat agree | 159 (73%) | 54 (73.0%) | Â |
Neutral or somewhat or highly disagree | 59 (27%) | 20 (27%) | Â |