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Frequency and profile of induced abortions: hospital based study in tertiary hospitals in Egypt
OBJECTIVES. To determine the frequency and profile of induced abortions among hospitalized cases of abortions in three tertiary hospitals in Egypt. METHODS. A total of 517 consecutive cases of abortions with complete records were enrolled from three tertiary hospitals in Egypt: two hospitals in Cair...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4718373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24783894 |
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description | OBJECTIVES. To determine the frequency and profile of induced abortions among hospitalized cases of abortions in three tertiary hospitals in Egypt. METHODS. A total of 517 consecutive cases of abortions with complete records were enrolled from three tertiary hospitals in Egypt: two hospitals in Cairo and one hospital in Alexandria. A data extraction sheet was designed to extract the required information from the records. It included: File No., Age, marital status, occupation, parity, number of children, previous abortion, history of contraception, trial of induction for this abortion and management of abortion in the hospital. The World Health Organization (WHO) criteria of categorizing the abortion as possible, probable or certainly induced abortion was used for classification of abortion cases. RESULTS. The proportion of classified induced abortions (certainly, probably and possibly induced abortions) was 30.6% in the total sample, being higher in Alexandria hospital (60.9%) compared to 14 and 19% in the other two hospitals respectively. Using the multiple logistic regression, the following factors were found independently related to induced abortions: Alexandria hospital (as proxy for residence), age ≥ 30 years and having more than 2 children. CONCLUSION. The current study revealed that about one third of hospitalized cases of abortion can be suspected of being induced. Induced abortion may be linked to elder age, higher number of children in the family and probably have geographical variation in Egypt. |
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spelling | pubmed-47183732016-02-02 Frequency and profile of induced abortions: hospital based study in tertiary hospitals in Egypt HARB, H. HABIL, I. J Prev Med Hyg Original Article OBJECTIVES. To determine the frequency and profile of induced abortions among hospitalized cases of abortions in three tertiary hospitals in Egypt. METHODS. A total of 517 consecutive cases of abortions with complete records were enrolled from three tertiary hospitals in Egypt: two hospitals in Cairo and one hospital in Alexandria. A data extraction sheet was designed to extract the required information from the records. It included: File No., Age, marital status, occupation, parity, number of children, previous abortion, history of contraception, trial of induction for this abortion and management of abortion in the hospital. The World Health Organization (WHO) criteria of categorizing the abortion as possible, probable or certainly induced abortion was used for classification of abortion cases. RESULTS. The proportion of classified induced abortions (certainly, probably and possibly induced abortions) was 30.6% in the total sample, being higher in Alexandria hospital (60.9%) compared to 14 and 19% in the other two hospitals respectively. Using the multiple logistic regression, the following factors were found independently related to induced abortions: Alexandria hospital (as proxy for residence), age ≥ 30 years and having more than 2 children. CONCLUSION. The current study revealed that about one third of hospitalized cases of abortion can be suspected of being induced. Induced abortion may be linked to elder age, higher number of children in the family and probably have geographical variation in Egypt. Pacini Editore SpA 2013-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4718373/ /pubmed/24783894 Text en © Copyright by Pacini Editore SpA, Pisa, Italy http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License, which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any digital medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way. For details, please refer to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |
spellingShingle | Original Article HARB, H. HABIL, I. Frequency and profile of induced abortions: hospital based study in tertiary hospitals in Egypt |
title | Frequency and profile of induced abortions: hospital
based study in tertiary hospitals in Egypt |
title_full | Frequency and profile of induced abortions: hospital
based study in tertiary hospitals in Egypt |
title_fullStr | Frequency and profile of induced abortions: hospital
based study in tertiary hospitals in Egypt |
title_full_unstemmed | Frequency and profile of induced abortions: hospital
based study in tertiary hospitals in Egypt |
title_short | Frequency and profile of induced abortions: hospital
based study in tertiary hospitals in Egypt |
title_sort | frequency and profile of induced abortions: hospital
based study in tertiary hospitals in egypt |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4718373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24783894 |
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