Wiebe Ellen R, Adams Lisa
Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada.
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2009 Apr;14(2):97-102. doi: 10.1080/13625180902745130.
To gain a better understanding of women's perceptions and experiences of viewing the ultrasound (US) before an abortion.
This mixed-methods study included questionnaires and interviews. Women presenting for medical and surgical abortion at two urban abortion clinics completed questionnaires asking if they wished to view the US image and those women who had done so answered questions about their perceptions. A randomly selected ten women were interviewed six weeks later about their perceptions. The interviews were audio-taped, transcribed and analysed for salient themes.
The 350 participants had a mean age of 27.6 years, 0.68 births, and were at a mean of 49.1 days gestation at the time of the procedure. Most women (254/350, 72.6%) chose to view the US and 179/219 (86.3%) found it a positive experience. Older women and those who had children were less likely to want to view the US image (p = 0.001). All ten interviewees recommended that this choice be offered to every woman and recommended more communication between care providers and patients at the time of the US. None of the women changed her mind about having the abortion after having seen the US.
Offering the choice to view the ultrasound is both feasible and beneficial to women having abortions. Our findings support those of the only other study published on the subject.
更好地了解女性在堕胎前观看超声检查（US）的认知和体验。
这项混合方法研究包括问卷调查和访谈。在两家城市堕胎诊所接受药物和手术堕胎的女性完成了关于她们是否希望观看超声图像的问卷，那些观看过的女性回答了关于她们认知的问题。六周后，随机挑选了10名女性就她们的认知进行访谈。访谈进行了录音、转录并分析突出主题。
350名参与者的平均年龄为27.6岁，平均生育次数为0.68次，手术时平均妊娠49.1天。大多数女性（254/350，72.6%）选择观看超声，179/219（86.3%）认为这是一次积极的体验。年龄较大的女性和有孩子的女性不太可能希望观看超声图像（p = 0.001）。所有10名受访者都建议向每位女性提供这种选择，并建议在进行超声检查时医护人员与患者之间加强沟通。没有女性在观看超声后改变堕胎的决定。
为堕胎女性提供观看超声的选择既可行又有益。我们的研究结果支持了关于该主题发表的唯一另一项研究的结果。
