Acceptability of medical abortion in women living in Ho Chi Minh city

ABSTRACT

594 women underwent medical abortion in Tu Du Hospital of Ho Chi Minh city were interviewed from March to December 2004. Mean age of these women was 24.3. Among them, medical abortion to terminate pregnancy is 52.2%, abortion 47.8%, miscarriage 12.1%. Reasons for choosing medical abortion included this is a new method (52%), reducing dangerous complications (73%), fear of pain due to surgical abortion (94%), available (96.3%), confidence (97.5%). 68% of them like to use medication at home, 38% did it in health facilities. Multivariable analysis showed that there were correlation between use medication at home or in health facilities with age and the success or unsuccess of recent medical abortion