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Knowledge and attitudes about abortion in women of reproductive age, National Teaching Hospital Mother-Child San Bartolomé.
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2013) Coronel Guevara, Isabel; Chávez Flores, Erik Mario
This study addresses the issue of abortion in Peru, considered a criminal act and a public health problem due to the undesirable physical and/or psychological consequences it generates for the mother-child duo, in addition to its recognized social impact. Therefore, it was deemed important to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes regarding abortion in women of childbearing age. The study is quantitative, relational, and cross-sectional in design. The sample consisted of 113 women who attended the National Hospital San Bartolomé between August and November 2012. A validated questionnaire was used to assess knowledge through expert judgment and point-biserial coefficient. To determine reliability, the Kuder-Richardson test was applied. Attitudes were measured using a Likert-type scale, whose validity and reliability were determined through expert judgment, Pearson correlation coefficient, and Cronbach's alpha. The results show that there is a high percentage of women with "regular knowledge" about abortion (49.6%) and mostly indifferent attitudes (45%). When relating both variables, the study shows that there is a significant relationship between them. Women with "insufficient knowledge" predominantly show acceptance of abortion (46.4%); women with "regular knowledge" show indifferent attitudes (41.1%); and women with "good knowledge" show indifferent attitudes (58.6%) with a tendency to reject abortion (34.5%). It is concluded that the greater the knowledge, the greater the rejection of abortion; and the less the knowledge, the greater the acceptance of abortion.