[Socio-psychological aspects of XXXX at the Obstetrical and Gynecological Clinic of @entity21880 ].

@entity1 @entity21880 @entity5852
At the Obstetrical and Gynecologic Clinic of the University of @entity21880 , Italy, a questionnaire was prepared to be completed by @entity1 seeking abortion. The purpose was to gather some knowledge of the psychosocial factors and attitudes leading to @entity5852 . The questionnaire, which is included in the document, contains questions about medical history, sexual life, motivation for abortion, psychological reaction, and contraceptive knowledge and usage. Of 595 abortions performed between March and September 1979 only 151 (25.37%) questionnaires were completed. 47.01% of @entity1 were between 25-35, 84.10% were married, 70% came from the city of @entity21880 or the neighboring suburbs, 52.31% of @entity1 had elementary school education, 45.01% had 1-2 @entity1 and 27.14% 2-4 @entity1 , 68.62% of @entity1 requesting abortion were in the age group 18-25 with 1-2 @entity1 , and 68.21% were housewives. Motivation for interruption of pregnancy was high parity (19.20%), too close pregnancies (17.21%), and psychological reasons (9.27%). While most @entity1 knew about modern contraceptive methods, only 47.01% used hormonal contraception, 78.14% relied on coitus interruptus, 37.08% on the condom, and 34.43% on periodic abstinence. Last conception was due to contraceptive failure in 53.98% of cases. In 1979 there were a total of 960 legal abortions; only 97 @entity1 requested contraception after the abortion, and 13 came back for a repeat intervention. These data clearly demonstrate the lack of correct information on contraception on the part of most @entity1 .
