Effect of Psychological Intervention on Anxiety of Women Undergoing Artificial Abortion / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To explore the influence of comprehensive mental intervention on anxiety of women undergoing artificial abortion.Methods:A total of 100 cases of women undergoing artificial abortion first time were selected, who have got pregnant for 6~10 weeks and were appling for termination of pregnancy and without any contraindications in outpatient clinic. They were numbered according to their visiting sequence and were divided into intervention and control group with 50 cases each based on random principle. Comprehensive mental interventions were carried out for women in the intervention group before and during operation but not for women in control group. Then BP, Pulse rate and anxiety (SAS, self-rate anxiety scale) of all cases were measured and pain degree and artificial abortion syndrome of them were evaluated either.Results:There was no statistic significant difference in general data, BP, P and SAS score between the intervention and control group women before intervention. After the intervention, it showed that ① Incidence (18%)of moderate and severe pain during artificial abortion of pregnant women in intervention group was apparently lower than that of control group (44%,?2=7.9,P