Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the telemedicine cohort.
| Characteristic | Patients who had medical abortion at home | |
| n | % | |
| Total | 663 | 100 |
| SIMD* | ||
| Unclassified | 2 | 0.3 |
| 1 | 120 | 18.1 |
| 2 | 198 | 29.9 |
| 3 | 101 | 15.2 |
| 4 | 111 | 16.7 |
| 5 | 131 | 19.8 |
| Reproductive history | ||
| Previous live birth | 324 | 48.9 |
| Previous medical abortion | 222 | 33.5 |
| Previous surgical abortion | 39 | 5.9 |
| Previous miscarriage | 125 | 18.9 |
| Previous ectopic pregnancy | 12 | 1.8 |
| Smoking status | ||
| Never | 367 | 55.4 |
| Past | 60 | 9 |
| Current | 193 | 29.1 |
| Unknown | 43 | 6.5 |
| Gestation (weeks+days)† | ||
| <3+6 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 4–4+6 | 72 | 10.9 |
| 5–5+6 | 188 | 28.4 |
| 6–6+6 | 182 | 27.5 |
| 7–7+6 | 112 | 16.9 |
| 8–8+6 | 58 | 8.7 |
| 9–9+6 | 29 | 4.4 |
| 10–10+6 | 15 | 2.3 |
| 11–11+6 | 6 | 0.9 |
*Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.24
†For 141 patients the gestational age was taken from an ultrasound result. For all the remaining patients the gestational age was taken from the last menstrual period (LMP).