A Liping1, ZHOU Xuefang1, GU Zhile1, YANG Jun1, CAO Yidan1, ZHANG Jie1, YANG Xiali2
2025, 33(2): 479-483.
To understand the current status of the induced abortion of childbearing age women with 20 to 35 years old, and to study the influence of post-abortion care (PAC) services for the women on their selection of the high-efficiency contraceptive measures after induced abortion, so as to provide the reference evidences for further optimizing PAC services. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on the women of childbearing age aged 20-35 years who had accepted the termination of their unintended pregnancy from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. PAC service consultation and follow-up were given to these women, and the implementation rates of the high-efficiency contraceptive measures of the women immediately after abortion and in 1, 3, and 6 months after abortion, and the incidence of the unintended pregnancy of the women in 6 and 12 months after abortion were analyzed. Results: A total of 1484 person-time of the women aged 20 to 35 years old who underwent induced abortions were included, and 763 (51.4%) women had repeated abortions. Among these women, most of them were married and had given birth. There were 28 (1.9%) women with unintended pregnancy again within 6 months after abortion, and 52 (3.5%) women with unintended pregnancy again within 1 year after abortion. Under the background of PAC service implementation, the using of the high-efficiency contraceptive methods, such as combined oral contraceptives (COCs) and intrauterine device (IUD) /intrauterine sustained release system (IUS) inserted, of the women had significantly increased compared with those before abortion, but the selection of the other contraceptive measures, such as condom, of the women had significantly decreased compared with those before abortion (all P<0.05). The rates of the high-effective contraception continuous used of the women in 1, 3, and 6 months after abortion were 94.4%, 94.2% and 93.9%, respectively, and the continuous using rate remained stable. The continuous using rate of COC of the women in 1, 3, and 6 months after abortion were 68.5%, 65.9%, and 65.3%, respectively, and which had slow decreased significantly, but the continuous using rate of IUD/IUS in 1, 3, and 6 months after abortion were 25.9%, 28.3% and 28.6%, respectively, and which had slow increased significantly (all P<0.05). The number of the repeated abortions of the women with COC used was significantly less than that of the women with the first abortion, and the number of the repeated abortions of the women with IUD/IUS used was significantly more than that of the women with the first abortion (P<0.05). Conclusion: The childbearing age women with 20-35 years old have the high rate of the repeated abortion and the low rate of the high-efficiency contraceptive measures used. The high-quality PAC service for the women of childbearing age can significantly improve their immediately implementation rate after abortion and the continued rate of the high-efficiency contraceptive measures, such as COC and IUD/IUS, and which can reduce the incidence of the unintended pregnancy again of the women.