Table 4 |
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Women's decision making and process pre TOP |
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Percentages |
N |
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Abortion decision |
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Before or as soon as they thought they were pregnant |
37.0 |
1082 |
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As soon as they had a positive pregnancy test |
29.3 |
|
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Sometime after they had a positive pregnancy test |
33.6 |
|
|
|
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Number of consultations with referring doctor |
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1 |
35.3 |
1068 |
|
2 |
47.7 |
|
|
3 |
13.6 |
|
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4 or more |
6.5 |
|
|
|
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Reason for going multiple doctor consultations |
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GP asked |
81.1 |
671 |
|
I decided to go more than once |
18.9 |
|
|
|
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Patient had to reschedule or change appointment due to personal circumstances |
14.8 |
1069 |
|
|
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Social worker seen for counselling |
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Yes - I had to |
50.7 |
1079 |
|
Yes-I wanted to |
14.1 |
|
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No-I did not want to |
28.6 |
|
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No-I was not offered |
3.1 |
|
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Not yet |
3.5 |
|
|
|
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Patient feels that have had enough counselling support |
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Yes |
95.4 |
1033 |
|
No |
4.6 |
|
|
|
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Difficulty finding childcare |
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Not difficult |
37.9 |
602 |
|
A bit difficult |
22.7 |
|
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Moderately difficult |
27.4 |
|
|
Very difficult |
12.0 |
|
|
|
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Difficulty taking time off from school/work |
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Not difficult |
29.4 |
841 |
|
A bit difficult |
27.9 |
|
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Moderately difficult |
31.0 |
|
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Very difficult |
11.7 |
|
|
|
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Difficulty keeping appointments confidential |
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Not difficult |
20.8 |
946 |
|
A bit difficult |
22.4 |
|
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Moderately difficult |
35.6 |
|
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Very difficult |
21.1 |
|
|
|
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The time it took to organise the abortion was: |
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Too long - I wanted an abortion sooner |
37.9 |
1069 |
|
Too long - but I didn't mind waiting |
15.1 |
|
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Just right |
39.6 |
|
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Quicker than I wanted |
2.9 |
|
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Other |
2.0 |
|
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I still don't know when I'm having the abortion |
2.6 |
|
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Silva et al. Reproductive Health 2010 7:19 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-7-19 |
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