Table 2.
Abortion process reported by women who received telemedicine medical abortion services at 13 or more weeks gestation, by gestational age category
| Study population (N = 131) |
13-15 weeks (n = 102) |
16+ Weeks (n = 29) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | p Value | |
| Continued pregnancy | <0.01 | ||||||
| No | 118 | (90) | 97 | (95) | 21 | (5) | |
| Yes | 13 | (10) | 5 | (5) | 8 | (28) | |
| Type of medical abortion pills | 0.73 | ||||||
| Misoprostol only | 13 | (10) | 11 | (11) | 2 | (7) | |
| Misoprostol + mifepristone | 118 | (90) | 91 | (88) | 27 | (93) | |
| Adverse event reported (very heavy bleeding/fever) | 0.07 | ||||||
| Yes | 38 | (29) | 34 | (33) | 4 | (14) | |
| No | 32 | (24) | 23 | (22) | 9 | (31) | |
| Missing | 61 | (47) | 46 | (45) | 16 | (55) | |
| Sought additional care | 1.00 | ||||||
| Yes | 53 | (40) | 41 | (40) | 12 | (41) | |
| No | 22 | (17) | 17 | (17) | 5 | (17) | |
| Missing | 56 | (43) | 45 | (44) | 12 | (41) | |
| Received D&C, among all | |||||||
| Yes | 23 | (18) | 18 | (17) | 5 | (17) | |
| No/Missing | 108 | (82) | 85 | (83) | 24 | (83) | |
| Received D&C, among care seekers (n = 53) | |||||||
| Yes | 23 | (43) | 18 | (44) | 5 | (42) | 1.00 |
| No/Missing | 30 | (57) | 23 | (56) | 7 | (58) | |
| Medical abortion acceptable | 0.07 | ||||||
| Yes | 61 | (47) | 51 | (50) | 10 | (34) | |
| No | 5 | (4) | 2 | (2) | 3 | (10) | |
| Missing | 66 | (49) | 49 | (48) | 16 | (55) | |
D&C, dilation and curettage.