An investigation of consultation effect on anxiety after legal abortion

Background: Abortion is one of the negative events of pregnancy which affects the personal and socialaspects of life leads to reduced quality of life, depression and anxiety. The aim of this study was toevaluate the effect of counseling on anxiety after legal abortion.Materials and Methods: In this quasi-experimental study 120 pregnant women referred to Kosarhospital licensed legal abortion were selected in 2013. Intervention group received individualcounseling for 30-45 minutes, and by phone were followed for 8 weeks. After 8 weeks, both groupswere assessed for anxiety. Data were collected by Beck Anxiety Inventory and analyzed by descriptiveand inferential statistics using SPSS-16. P-value less than 0.05 were considered statisticallysignificant.Results: Before individual counseling, the mean score of anxiety in the two groups was not significantdifference (24.72±11.05 vs. 22.76±12.67, p=0.412). Two month after the intervention, the meanscores of anxiety between the two groups showed significant difference (1.10±1.70 vs. 11.66±7.76,p<0.0001).Conclusion: Consulting services of midwives reduced mental complications after the abortion.

کلیدواژه ها:

Consultation ، ، Anxiety ، Legal abortion