%0 Journal Article
%T Depress£¿o, aspectos emocionais e sociais na viv¨ºncia do aborto: compara£¿£¿o entre duas capitais Brasileiras
%A Nomura
%A Roseli Mieko Yamamoto
%A Benute
%A Gl¨¢ucia Rosana Guerra
%A Azevedo
%A George Dantas de
%A Dutra
%A Elza Maria do Socorro
%A Borsari
%A Cristina Gigliotti
%A Rebou£¿as
%A Melina S¨¦fora Souza
%A Lucia
%A Mara Cristina Souza de
%A Zugaib
%A Marcelo
%J Revista da Associa£¿£¿o M¨¦dica Brasileira
%D 2011
%I Associa??o M¨¦dica Brasileira
%R 10.1590/S0104-42302011000600010
%X objective: to assess emotional and social aspects in the experience of abortion and the diagnosis of major depression, comparing women from two brazilian cities (s£¿o paulo - sp, natal - rn). methods: a transversal study was carried out from january 2009 to may 2010, through semi-directed interviews with women undergoing an abortion (up to 22 weeks gestation) treated at university hospitals in s£¿o paulo - sp (n = 166) and natal - rn (n = 150). the portuguese version of the primary care evaluation of mental disorders (prime-md) instrument was applied for the diagnosis of depression. results: there was no significant difference (p = 0.223) in the proportion of induced abortions when comparing the two capital cities: natal (7.3%) and s£¿o paulo (12.0%). the diagnosis of depression was high among women undergoing an abortion and was significantly higher in natal than in s£¿o paulo (50.7% vs. 32.5%, p < 0.01). regarding emotional aspects, there was no difference in the occurrence of guilt feelings (natal 27.7%; s£¿o paulo 23.3%; p = 0.447). the partner's involvement was considered satisfactory by women in similar proportions in the two capitals (natal 62.0%; s£¿o paulo 59.0%, p = 0.576). no difference was found in the proportion of women who reported violence, related or not to the abortion (natal 22.9%; s£¿o paulo 16.6%; p = 0.378). conclusion: although there was no difference between the emotional and social aspects in the comparison between the two capitals, there was a high proportion of women with major depression, more frequent in the city of natal than in s£¿o paulo, which demonstrates the importance of psychosocial support in the women's healthcare system.
%K abortion
%K induced
%K abortion
%K spontaneous
%K depression mental health.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-42302011000600010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en