Psychological experience of unmarried women after artificial abortion: a systematic review / 中华健康管理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To systematically evaluate the psychological experience of unmarried women after artificial abortion by Meta integration method.Methods:A literature search was conducted from PubMed, Web of Science, EMbase, Medline, CNKI, WanFang, VIP, CBM databases with the combination of subject words and free words. The Chinese and English search terms included “unmarried women” “abortion” “pregnancy termination” “perception” “qualitative research”, etc; the researched time was from the establishment of the database to April 26, 2022. The literature was evaluated according to the quality evaluation standard of JBI Evidence-based Health Care Center, and then the results where integrated.Results:A total of 8 articles were included, including two Chinese articles and the six English articles, all of which were classified as B grade, with 28 complete results extracted, and the similar results were integrated into 8 categories, finally 4 synthesis results were synthesized (1) lack of relevant knowledge; (2) be overburdened; (3) a desire to be supported and cared; (4) seek relevant knowledge, organization help and active response.Conclusion:The general psychological experience of unmarried women after artificial abortion is poor, lack of relevant knowledge, heavy psychological burden, longing for family and social care and seeking different coping strategies are the main manifestations of the feelings.