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Anxiety in Japanese women after elective abortion
1School of Nursing, Shimane Medical University, Japan. kishida@shimane-med.ac.jp
Objective:
To examine women's anxiety levels after elective abortion.
Design And Setting:
Women seeking elective abortion at six clinics in Japan were solicited to participate in a questionnaire survey.
Participants:
Sixty-six Japanese women requesting abortion participated in this survey.
Main Outcome Measures:
State anxiety was measured using Spielberger's State Trait Anxiety Inventory before and after abortion.
Results:
Multiple regression analyses using predictor variables with a significant link to postabortion anxiety level showed that among potential predictors, a conservative attitude toward abortion was the most significant predictor of postabortion anxiety after controlling for the level of preabortion anxiety.
Conclusion:
These findings suggest that a woman's attitude toward abortion and reproductive rights is an important but neglected factor influencing postelective abortion anxiety. Medical and nursing professionals should, therefore, take note of a woman's attitude toward abortion as a part of her mental health care.
