Assessment of completion of early medical abortion using a text questionnaire on mobile phones compared to a self-administered paper questionnaire among women attending four clinics, Cape Town, South Africa

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 22, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 83-93

  Constant, Deborah ^a   de Tolly, Katherine ^b   Harries, Jane ^a   Myer, Landon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Cell Life   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Follow up; Medical abortion; Mobile phones; Self assessment of complete abortion; South Africa; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; ABORTIVE AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ABORTION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOBILE PHONE; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ADMINISTRATION TEST; SELF EVALUATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TEXT MESSAGING; VACUUM ASPIRATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDUCED ABORTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MISOPROSTOL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; SELF REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924956213     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: 14609576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(14)43791-1     Document Type: Article

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