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Knowledge, attitude, and intended practice of abortion among medical students in Thailand after the amendment of the Thai abortion law()()

OBJECTIVES: Following the amendment of the Thai abortion law in February 2021, the authors conducted an anonymous survey to assess knowledge, attitude, and intended practice toward abortion among fifth-year medical students at Chulalongkorn University. STUDY DESIGN: The authors developed a self-admi...

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Autores principales: Poolkumlung, Rada, Rongkapich, Ratthapong, Sinthuchai, Natchanika, Santibenchakul, Somsook, Meevasana, Vorachart, Jaisamrarn, Unnop
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Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10140783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37124455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conx.2023.100091
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author Poolkumlung, Rada
Rongkapich, Ratthapong
Sinthuchai, Natchanika
Santibenchakul, Somsook
Meevasana, Vorachart
Jaisamrarn, Unnop
author_facet Poolkumlung, Rada
Rongkapich, Ratthapong
Sinthuchai, Natchanika
Santibenchakul, Somsook
Meevasana, Vorachart
Jaisamrarn, Unnop
author_sort Poolkumlung, Rada
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description OBJECTIVES: Following the amendment of the Thai abortion law in February 2021, the authors conducted an anonymous survey to assess knowledge, attitude, and intended practice toward abortion among fifth-year medical students at Chulalongkorn University. STUDY DESIGN: The authors developed a self-administrated questionnaire consisting of three parts: knowledge of the recently amended Thai abortion law, attitude toward abortion, and intended practices. Pilot testing showed a high Cronbach's alpha and test-retest reliability coefficient. RESULTS: Of the 292 surveyed medical students, 70% completed the questionnaire. The mean ± standard deviation of the knowledge part was 6.9 ± 1.8, of which the maximum score was 10. Nearly half of the participants (45.6%) answered at least 80% of the knowledge statements correctly. Sixty-four percent of participants answered correctly on the gestational limit for first-trimester abortion. Around one-third of participants answered correctly on the gestational limit for second-trimester abortion. Most participants (86.8%) agreed that abortion is a woman’s right. The most acceptable conditions for abortion were pregnancy as a result of rape (93%) and serious anomalies that cause a nonviable neonate (95.6%). CONCLUSIONS: Participants exhibited a lack of understanding regarding the legal gestational limit, which is a key aspect of the amendment. The findings of this study urge medical schools to emphasize the revised Thai abortion law in the Obstetrics and Gynecology curriculum. IMPLICATIONS: Our results show that encouraging medical students to have up-to-date knowledge regarding the amendment of Thai abortion law may support their future decision to provide safe abortion services.
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spelling pubmed-101407832023-04-29 Knowledge, attitude, and intended practice of abortion among medical students in Thailand after the amendment of the Thai abortion law()() Poolkumlung, Rada Rongkapich, Ratthapong Sinthuchai, Natchanika Santibenchakul, Somsook Meevasana, Vorachart Jaisamrarn, Unnop Contracept X Original Research Article OBJECTIVES: Following the amendment of the Thai abortion law in February 2021, the authors conducted an anonymous survey to assess knowledge, attitude, and intended practice toward abortion among fifth-year medical students at Chulalongkorn University. STUDY DESIGN: The authors developed a self-administrated questionnaire consisting of three parts: knowledge of the recently amended Thai abortion law, attitude toward abortion, and intended practices. Pilot testing showed a high Cronbach's alpha and test-retest reliability coefficient. RESULTS: Of the 292 surveyed medical students, 70% completed the questionnaire. The mean ± standard deviation of the knowledge part was 6.9 ± 1.8, of which the maximum score was 10. Nearly half of the participants (45.6%) answered at least 80% of the knowledge statements correctly. Sixty-four percent of participants answered correctly on the gestational limit for first-trimester abortion. Around one-third of participants answered correctly on the gestational limit for second-trimester abortion. Most participants (86.8%) agreed that abortion is a woman’s right. The most acceptable conditions for abortion were pregnancy as a result of rape (93%) and serious anomalies that cause a nonviable neonate (95.6%). CONCLUSIONS: Participants exhibited a lack of understanding regarding the legal gestational limit, which is a key aspect of the amendment. The findings of this study urge medical schools to emphasize the revised Thai abortion law in the Obstetrics and Gynecology curriculum. IMPLICATIONS: Our results show that encouraging medical students to have up-to-date knowledge regarding the amendment of Thai abortion law may support their future decision to provide safe abortion services. Elsevier 2023-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10140783/ /pubmed/37124455 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conx.2023.100091 Text en © 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Poolkumlung, Rada
Rongkapich, Ratthapong
Sinthuchai, Natchanika
Santibenchakul, Somsook
Meevasana, Vorachart
Jaisamrarn, Unnop
Knowledge, attitude, and intended practice of abortion among medical students in Thailand after the amendment of the Thai abortion law()()
title Knowledge, attitude, and intended practice of abortion among medical students in Thailand after the amendment of the Thai abortion law()()
title_full Knowledge, attitude, and intended practice of abortion among medical students in Thailand after the amendment of the Thai abortion law()()
title_fullStr Knowledge, attitude, and intended practice of abortion among medical students in Thailand after the amendment of the Thai abortion law()()
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, attitude, and intended practice of abortion among medical students in Thailand after the amendment of the Thai abortion law()()
title_short Knowledge, attitude, and intended practice of abortion among medical students in Thailand after the amendment of the Thai abortion law()()
title_sort knowledge, attitude, and intended practice of abortion among medical students in thailand after the amendment of the thai abortion law()()
topic Original Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10140783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37124455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conx.2023.100091
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