Table 2. Assessment of gestational duration of women undergoing medical abortion provided by nurses or physicians in Mexico City, 2012–2013.
Characteristic | Physicians’ group (n = 514) | Nurses’ group (n = 503) |
Total (n = 1017) | P |
---|---|---|---|---|
No. of women reporting last menstrual period, (%) | 464 (90.3) | 451 (89.7) | 915 (90) | |
Duration of gestation from last menstrual period in days, mean (SD) | 51.8 (14) | 53.2 (16.8) | 52.5 (16.1) | 0.136 |
No. of women with ultrasound assessment, (%) | 501 (97.5) | 489 (97.2) | 990 (97.3) | |
Duration of gestation determined by ultrasound in days, mean (SD) | 49.7 (13.3) | 49.7 (14) | 49.7 (13.3) | 0.914 |
SD: standard deviation.