TY  - JOUR
T1  - Abortion Relation Factors among Women in Ardabil: A Case-Control Study
AU - , Z. Tazakori AU - , F. Ehdaeevand AU - , F. Amani AU - , A. Mardi AU - , M Karimollahi 
JO  - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 3
IS  - 6
SP  - 550
EP  - 552
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-8846
DO  - rjbsci.2008.550.552
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2008.550.552
KW  - Abortion
KW  -unwanted pregnancy
KW  -contraception
KW  -relation factors
KW  -women
AB  - Approximately 210 million pregnancies occur in world annually, which 38% of them are unplanned and 22% are aborted. About 80,000 abortion occurs each year in Iran. The main aim of this study, was determining abortion relation factors among women in Ardabil, Iran. This study is a case-control study, 200 mothers which had abortion selected randomly and 200 mothers which had delivered a term infant matched (age) with them for control group. Data were collected by interview and questionnaire and results compared together via chi square and t-test. This study showed significant relationship between abortion and history of previous abortions and pregnancies (p<0.05). Because main reason of abortion was unwanted pregnancy, contraceptive education and counseling should be considered as priorities of heath program.
ER  -