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| Title |
Abortion and long-term mental health outcomes: a systematic review of the evidence
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| Published in |
Contraception, September 2008
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.07.005 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Vignetta E. Charles, Chelsea B. Polis, Srinivas K. Sridhara, Robert W. Blum |
| Abstract |
Claims that women who have elective abortions will experience psychological distress have fueled much of the recent debate on abortion. It has been argued that the emotional sequelae of abortion may not occur until months or years after the event. Despite unclear evidence on such a phenomenon, adverse mental health outcomes of abortion have been used as a rationale for policy-making. We systematically searched for articles focused on the potential association between abortion and long-term mental health outcomes published between January 1, 1989 and August 1, 2008 and reviewed 21 studies that met the inclusion criteria. We rated the study quality based on methodological factors necessary to appropriately explore the research question. Studies were rated as Excellent (no studies), Very Good (4 studies), Fair (8 studies), Poor (8 studies), or Very Poor (1 study). A clear trend emerges from this systematic review: the highest quality studies had findings that were mostly neutral, suggesting few, if any, differences between women who had abortions and their respective comparison groups in terms of mental health sequelae. Conversely, studies with the most flawed methodology found negative mental health sequelae of abortion. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 284 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 68 | 24% |
| Argentina | 24 | 8% |
| Ireland | 15 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 4% |
| Spain | 5 | 2% |
| Chile | 5 | 2% |
| Australia | 4 | 1% |
| Canada | 3 | 1% |
| France | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 21 | 7% |
| Unknown | 125 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 242 | 85% |
| Scientists | 18 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 16 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 1% |
| Unknown | 4 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 280 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 270 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 50 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 39 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 11% |
| Researcher | 23 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 20 | 7% |
| Other | 65 | 23% |
| Unknown | 51 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 81 | 29% |
| Psychology | 49 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 32 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 25 | 9% |
| Unknown | 65 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 465. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 April 2024.
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#59,673
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Outputs from Contraception
#20
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#82
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Outputs of similar age from Contraception
#1
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