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- Title
Efficacy of Nursing Support in the Pre- and Postmedical Termination of Pregnancy Phases: A Randomized Study.
- Authors
Mecdi Kaydirak, Meltem; Aslan, Ergül
- Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the efficiency of a nursing support program developed in accordance with the Roy adaptation model that was applied in addition to routine nursing care during the treatment process of pregnant women for whom the medical termination decision. This study, which was conducted using a pretest–posttest design, was a prospective, single-blind, and randomized-controlled empirical study. In the experimental group, although the first and last assessment State Anxiety Inventory scores were higher than those in the control group after the medical termination nursing support program, there was no significant difference. Compared with the control group, there were positive differences in the Scale of Ways of Coping with Stress, Adaptation Assessment Form for Role Function Area, and physical complaints in the experimental group. At the follow-up assessment, the total Perinatal Grief Scale score was significantly higher than that in the control group.
- Subjects
NURSING; SOCIAL support; ABORTION; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; STATISTICAL sampling
- Publication
Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 2021, Vol 84, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
0030-2228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0030222819877791