Repeat induced abortion and associated factors among reproductive age women who seek abortion services in Debre Berhan town health institutions, Central Ethiopia, 2019

Abstract Objective To assess the magnitude and associated factors of repeat induced abortion among women aged from 15 to 49 who seek abortion care services in the health institutions of Debre Berhan town, Central Ethiopia, 2019. Results This study shows that the prevalence of repeat induced abortion...

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Main Authors: Geremew Kindie Behulu, Endegena Abebe Fenta, Getie Lake Aynalem
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4542-3
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Endegena Abebe Fenta
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description Abstract Objective To assess the magnitude and associated factors of repeat induced abortion among women aged from 15 to 49 who seek abortion care services in the health institutions of Debre Berhan town, Central Ethiopia, 2019. Results This study shows that the prevalence of repeat induced abortion among 355 respondents was to be 20.3%. Those who reported as they had more than one partner in the last 12 preceding months, (AOR = 7.3, 95% CI 3.21, 16.46), Age of the first sexual intercourse less than 18 years (AOR = 6, 95% CI 2.54, 13.95) and Perceiving abortion procedure as it was not painful (AOR = 7.7, 95% CI 2.9, 20.6) were variables positively associated with the repeatedly induced abortion among women who sought abortion services.
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spelling doaj.art-8759b18259a4485997774f24bcdcfd352022-12-21T18:18:09ZengBMCBMC Research Notes1756-05002019-08-011211510.1186/s13104-019-4542-3Repeat induced abortion and associated factors among reproductive age women who seek abortion services in Debre Berhan town health institutions, Central Ethiopia, 2019Geremew Kindie Behulu0Endegena Abebe Fenta1Getie Lake Aynalem2Department of Midwifery, Debre Berhan Health Sciences CollegeDepartment of Basic Health Science, Debre-Berhan Health Science CollegeSchool of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Science, University of GondarAbstract Objective To assess the magnitude and associated factors of repeat induced abortion among women aged from 15 to 49 who seek abortion care services in the health institutions of Debre Berhan town, Central Ethiopia, 2019. Results This study shows that the prevalence of repeat induced abortion among 355 respondents was to be 20.3%. Those who reported as they had more than one partner in the last 12 preceding months, (AOR = 7.3, 95% CI 3.21, 16.46), Age of the first sexual intercourse less than 18 years (AOR = 6, 95% CI 2.54, 13.95) and Perceiving abortion procedure as it was not painful (AOR = 7.7, 95% CI 2.9, 20.6) were variables positively associated with the repeatedly induced abortion among women who sought abortion services.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4542-3Repeated abortionDebre BerhanEthiopia
spellingShingle Geremew Kindie Behulu
Endegena Abebe Fenta
Getie Lake Aynalem
Repeat induced abortion and associated factors among reproductive age women who seek abortion services in Debre Berhan town health institutions, Central Ethiopia, 2019
BMC Research Notes
Repeated abortion
Debre Berhan
Ethiopia
title Repeat induced abortion and associated factors among reproductive age women who seek abortion services in Debre Berhan town health institutions, Central Ethiopia, 2019
title_full Repeat induced abortion and associated factors among reproductive age women who seek abortion services in Debre Berhan town health institutions, Central Ethiopia, 2019
title_fullStr Repeat induced abortion and associated factors among reproductive age women who seek abortion services in Debre Berhan town health institutions, Central Ethiopia, 2019
title_full_unstemmed Repeat induced abortion and associated factors among reproductive age women who seek abortion services in Debre Berhan town health institutions, Central Ethiopia, 2019
title_short Repeat induced abortion and associated factors among reproductive age women who seek abortion services in Debre Berhan town health institutions, Central Ethiopia, 2019
title_sort repeat induced abortion and associated factors among reproductive age women who seek abortion services in debre berhan town health institutions central ethiopia 2019
topic Repeated abortion
Debre Berhan
Ethiopia
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4542-3
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