Abortion services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.
Reprod Health
; 20(1): 61, 2023 Apr 13.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37055839
COVID-19 pandemic shocks the international community, especially health policymakers around the world. The most important consequence of this outbreak has been direct and indirect impacts on health service provisions in all parts of the health system, including sexual and reproductive health services. We reviewed numerous studies investigating healthcare related to abortion in the pandemic era that showed women had more requests to access medical abortion, more than surgical. They preferred self-managed abortion process by telemedicine. Presenting telemedicine services without ultrasound has also been reported. Visits to clinics were reduced, and this decrease was reported based on the severity of the restrictions. Abortion clinics had reduced revenue, increased costs, and changed work style of their healthcare providers. Reasons for using telemedicine were fear of COVID-19, travel restrictions, lockdowns, more privacy, secrecy, and comfort. Telemedicine was reported safe, effective, acceptable, satisfying, and empowering for women. Maternal complications using tele-abortion were pain, bleeding, and need to blood transfusions. These findings can be used by policy makers and reproductive healthcare providers to address the complications of abortion management.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Aborto Inducido
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Telemedicina
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Reprod Health
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Irán
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido