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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl)
J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168
Euro Nursing 2017
October 26-28, 2017
32
nd
EURO
NURSING AND MEDICARE SUMMIT
October 26-28, 2017 | Paris, France
Investigation of state-trait anxiety of women who have an abortion
Hatice Oltuluoglu, Funda Budak
and
Didem Kucukkelepce
Inonu University, Turkey
Objective
: This descriptive study was conducted to investigate the anxiety condition of women who had an abortion.
Methods
:The study population consisted of women admitted to the septic service of theMalatya StateHospital Beydağı Campus
for an abortion in September 2016-April 2017. The sample of the study consisted of 220 women, selected by randomized
sampling computed with the known-population method. The data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and
the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
Results
: Of the women participated in the research, 35.5% was in the 30-35 age group, 32.7% was primary school graduate,
66.8% was married in the age of 18-22, 86.4% was married for 2 years or more, 61.8% had at most 2 children, 58.2% had their
last gestation at least 2 years ago, and 40.9% had at least one previous abortion. It was determined that 40.0% of participants
had abortion on demand, 60.0% was therapeutic abortion, 40% had abortion due to fetal medical indications, and 43.6% gave
abortion decision with their spouse. Of the respondents, 61.4% stated that they wer afraid before the abortion. Participants'
mean pre-abortion state score was 50.76±9.42, and total trait score average was 46.64±7.38. The levels of anxiety of participants
were found to be high. The difference between the pre-abortion anger and guilt feelings and the state-trait anxiety inventory
score mean of the participants in the study was statistically significant (p<0.05). In the study, there was a significant difference
between pre-abortion fear and state-trait anxiety scale score (p<0.05).
Conclusion
: In the study, it was concluded that the women's pre-abortion anxiety levels were high. It may be advisable to
provide training to reduce the anxiety levels of women before abortion.
Biography
Hatice Oltuluoglu has graduated from Florence Nightingale Nursing High School in Istanbul University. She completed her Master's degree at Erciyes University at
Ataturk Health Sciences Faculty. She has been working at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Inonu University for 17 years in the field of Women Health and Diseases
Nursing.
hatice.oltuluoglu@inonu.edu.trHatice Oltuluoglu et al., J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-061