Table 6

Self-reported experience of abortion care during facility stay

Total
(N=327)
Severity of abortion-related complications
Mild
(N=61)
Moderate
(N=166)
Potentially life-threatening complications
(N=87)
Severe maternal outcomes (N=13)
N (%)N (%)N (%)N (%)
Explanations regarding care and treatment (N=313)
 No39 (12.5)7 (11.7)20 (12.6)12 (14.8)0
Able to ask questions during the examination and treatment (N=312)
 No40 (12.8)6 (10)21 (13.3)12 (14.8)1 (7.7)
Feel doctor provided everything needed to know about decisions taken for care (N=310)
 No48 (15.5)8 (13.6)27 (17.2)12 (14.8)1 (7.7)
Encountered anxiety or stress during hospital stay (N=312)
 Yes239 (76.6)48 (80)120 (75.9)61 (75.3)10 (76.9)
  If yes to above (N=239), not able to tell doctor or nurse who helped you that you were feeling anxious or stress113 (47.5)23 (47.9)62 (52.1)24 (39.3)4 (40)
  If yes to above (N=125), not offered additional support when you told the doctor or nurse about feeling the anxiety or stress28 (22.8)8 (32)12 (21.4)8 (22.2)0
Feel choices and preferences were followed during hospital stay (N=312)
 No44 (14.1)6 (10)23 (14.6)15 (18.5)0
Spoken to nicely (N=311)
 No28 (9)5 (8.3)15 (9.6)8 (9.9)0
Receive pain medications during hospital stay (N=312)
 No25 (8)4 (6.7)16 (10.1)5 (6.2)0
  If yes (N=287), pain medications did not help ease pain12 (4.2)3 (5.4)6 (4.2)3 (3.9)0