Study of attitudes and reasons for induced abortion in women referred to legal medicine center in Urmia in 2014
Introduction: As a problem, Abortion around the world, especially in developing countries is important that causes many somatic and sexual disabilities and economic complications. Based on these reasons, attitudes and reasons for induced abortion in women is critical and this research was carried on to study of attitudes and reasons for induced abortion in women referred to a Legal Medicine Center in Urmia, Iran.
Methods: This is a cross sectional study and the sample group was pregnant women referring to legal medicine office in 2014 in order to get the abortion license. All relevant data were recorded in a questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS software. The questionnaire has been used in order to collect all data. After completion, the SPSS version 19 software has been used for analyzing data.
Results: 80 women referred to a Legal Medicine Center in Urmia in 2014 were studied. Of the samples, Mean age of mothers at the time of abortion was 30.05 years.
There was a significant correlation between demographic characteristics and questions of It is better the abortion is done in after 3 months of pregnancy (p=0.04), It is better the abortion is done in genetic malformations (p=0.046) and It is better the abortion is done in single girls (p=0.039). There was not a significant correlation between attitudes and reasons for induced abortion.
Conclusion: retraining programs and workshops will be held to increase knowledge of women that reduce forensic problems and also improved the health of pregnant women. The results of study can increase managers information about the circumstances under which therapeutic abortion is permissible.
