Management of Early Pregnancy Failure and Induced Abortion by Family Medicine Educators

Article Figures & Data

Table 1. Respondent Demographics

Country (n = 1198)
Canada	19 (1.6)
United States	1179 (98.4)
Region (n = 1177)
Northeast	272 (23.1)
Midwest	354 (30.1)
South	302 (25.7)
West	249 (21.2)
Gender (n = 1190)
Male	652 (54.8)
Female	538 (45.2)
Ethnicity (n = 1191)
Non-Hispanic white	989 (83.0)
Non-Hispanic black	42 (3.5)
Hispanic	48 (4.0)
Asian	84 (7.1)
Other	28 (2.4)
Age (n = 1192)
<40	240 (20.1)
40–49	353 (29.6)
50–59	440 (36.9)
≥60	159 (13.3)
Half days each week seeing patients in clinic (n = 1197)
<3	550 (45.9)
3–6	576 (48.1)
≥7	71 (5.9)

Table 2. Early Pregnancy Failure (EPF) Management Practices Among Family Medicine Educator Respondents

Ever treated EPF (n = 1193)	1052 (88.2)
Types of treatment^*
Counseling (n = 1043)	1024 (98.2)
Expectant management (n = 1046)	1003 (95.9)
Medication (n = 1045)	760 (72.7)
Aspiration (n = 1042)	171 (16.4)
Treated EPF in past year^* (n = 1044)	591 (56.6)
Referral practices^{^†} (n = 135)
I refer to someone in my practice.	40 (29.6)
I refer to someone outside my department but within my institution.	73 (54.1)
I refer to the emergency department.	5 (3.7)
I do not refer to anyone in particular.	17 (12.6)

Data are n (%).
↵* Limited to the 1052 respondents who reported ever treating EPF; n < 1052 where noted because of missing responses.
↵† Limited to those who reported never treating EPF.

Table 3. Induced Abortion Practices Among Family Medicine Educator Respondents

Ever provided induced abortion^*
Either medication or aspiration (n= 1174)	180 (15.3)
Medication (n = 1168)	145 (12.4)
Aspiration (n = 1157)	100 (8.6)
Provided induced abortion in the past year^{^†}
Either medication or aspiration (n = 180)	53 (29.4)
Medication (n = 145)	49 (33.8)
Aspiration (n = 100)	24 (24.0)

Data are n (%).
↵* Percentages reported are for all 1198 survey respondents; n < 1198 where noted because missing responses.
↵† Limited to those who reported ever providing each type of induced abortion.

Table 4. Attitudes Regarding Management of Early Pregnancy Failure (EPF) and Induced Abortion Among Family Medicine (FM) Educator Respondents

EPF management within scope of FM (n = 1183)
Strongly agree	712 (60.2)
Agree	412 (34.8)
Disagree	37 (3.1)
Strongly disagree	22 (1.9)
Induced abortion within scope of FM (n = 1154)
Strongly agree	347 (30.1)
Agree	498 (43.2)
Disagree	154 (13.3)
Strongly disagree	155 (13.4)
Induced abortion legal regulation beliefs (n = 1147)
It should be legal under any circumstances.	648 (56.5)
It should be legal only under certain circumstances.	412 (35.9)
It should be illegal.	87 (7.6)