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Women's experiences with information before medication abortion at home, support during the process and follow-up
Ingrid Bjerkholt Aamlid1, Bente Dahl1, Eva Sommerseth1
1Centre for Women's, Family and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway, PO Box 235, N-3603 Kongsberg, Norway.
Objective:
To explore women's experiences of having a medication abortion at home in regard to their perceptions of the information provided before the abortion, support throughout the process and follow-up procedures.
Study Design:
A qualitative study based on interviews with 23 women between October 2019 and January 2020. Systematic text condensation was used for data analysis.
Results:
Three themes were identified from the analysis. The first theme covers how the women found the information given before the abortion to be inadequate and how this affected their feelings of safety. In the second theme, the participants described how they experienced lack of acknowledgement from health care professionals, and how this affected their feeling of support. The third theme covers how the women perceived access to health care professionals during the home abortion, and how this affected their feeling of well-being.
Conclusions:
In general, the women stated that the information provided was inadequate, especially in regard to bleeding and pain. The women also found support during and after the abortion to be insufficient and would have preferred more help and information throughout the process. This suggests that health care professionals should improve their procedures for providing information, support and care.
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