Table 2 Experience of medical abortion procedure
Nurses or auxiliary nurse-midwives (n = 515) | Doctors (n = 516) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptoms | Less than expected | Same as expected | More than expected | Cannot comment | Less than expected | Same as expected | More than expected | Cannot comment |
Pain | 135 (26.2) | 288 (55.9) | 85 (16.5) | 7 (1.4) | 138 (26.7) | 262 (50.8) | 111 (21.5) | 5 (1.0) |
Amount of bleeding | 45 (8.7) | 327 (63.5) | 143 (27.8) | 0 (0.0) | 39 (7.6) | 333 (64.5) | 139 (26.9) | 5 (1.0) |
Duration of abortion process | 32 (6.2) | 404 (78.4) | 18 (3.5) | 61 (11.8) | 27 (5.2) | 409 (79.3) | 17 (3.3) | 63 (12.2) |
Privacy | 6 (1.2) | 353 (68.5) | 152 (29.5) | 4 (0.8) | 9 (1.7) | 345 (66.9) | 158 (30.6) | 4 (0.8) |
Other side-effects | 181 (35.1) | 174 (33.8) | 3 (0.6) | 157 (30.5) | 202 (39.1) | 164 (31.8) | 1 (0.2) | 149 (28.9) |