Characterization of voluntary termination of pregnancy in patients older than 19 years
Abstract
Introduction: It is known as voluntary interruption of pregnancy to the biological death of the embryo or fetus for its subsequent elimination, with or without medical assistance, and in any social or legal circumstance.
Objective: To characterize the voluntary interruption of pregnancy in patients over 19 years of age in the municipalities of the Guacanayabo region belonging to Granma province in 2022.
Methods: A descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted on voluntary termination of pregnancy in patients over 19 years of age from the seven municipalities of the Guacanayabo region, Granma province, from January to December 2022. The universe consisted of 579 pregnant women, for which a sample of 572 was selected by intentional non-probabilistic sampling.
Results: The municipality of Manzanillo was the one with the highest number of cases (53, 1 %). The prevalence was between 20 and 24 years of age. Women with a pre-university/intermediate technical education predominated. (56, 9 per cent), 71, 9 per cent were married, 53, 2 per cent worked, 54.9 per cent were of urban origin and 76.4 per cent of women had an obstetric history. The most commonly used method of interruption was dilatation and curettage (98,6 %).
Conclusions: The municipality of Manzanillo contributes the highest number of cases of terminations of pregnancies per year. Urban women are more likely to undergo abortions, with dilatation and curettage being the most widely used method of termination.
DeCS: PREGNANCY; ABORTION, INDUCED; CURETTAGE/methods; PREGNANT WOMEN; ABORTION, LEGAL.
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