AUTHOR=Liu Huiling , Wu Fengdi , Liao Guixia , Mai Sizi , Ouyang Meijin 

TITLE=Impact of the intensive psychological intervention care on post-traumatic stress disorder and negative emotions of teenage female patients seeking an induced abortion

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1033320

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1033320

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=<sec id="sec1"><title>Aim</title><p>This study aimed to investigate the effects of intensive psychological intervention care on adverse emotions and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in female teenage patients after induced abortion.</p></sec><sec id="sec2"><title>Methods</title><p>This prospective cohort study included 100 teenage female patients seeking induced abortion who were randomly divided into two groups: the intervention group (<italic>n</italic> = 50) and the control group (<italic>n</italic> = 50). The intervention group received intensive psychological intervention care, while the control group received standard routine nursing. The scores of the PTSD checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), self-rating depression (SDS), and self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) were compared between the two groups at 1 month and 3 months after the operation.</p></sec><sec id="sec3"><title>Results</title><p>The intervention group had lower risk of developing PTSD (24% vs. 44%), depression (10% vs. 32%), and anxiety (0% vs. 12%) symptoms at 1 month after the surgery. However, there were no significant differences observed between the two groups at 3 months after the surgery. Furthermore, the intervention group had significantly lower scores in PCL-5 (27.4 ± 5.4 vs. 31.8 ± 5.7; 20.5 ± 7.1 vs. 25.0 ± 7.5; <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.05), SDS (31.8 ± 5.4 vs. 37.8 ± 6.6; 26.8 ± 5.0 vs. 31.4 ± 7.2; <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.05), and SAS (32.7 ± 5.0 vs. 39.8 ± 6.9; 25.0 ± 2.7 vs. 27.5 ± 2.8; p &lt; 0.05) at 1 month and 3 months after induced abortion.</p></sec><sec id="sec4"><title>Conclusion</title><p>These findings suggest that intensive psychological intervention care can reduce the incidence and severity of depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms in teenage patients who undergo induced abortion.</p></sec><sec id="sec40"><title>Clinical trial registration</title><p><ext-link xlink:href="https://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.html?proj=185200" ext-link-type="uri" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.html?proj=185200</ext-link>, identifier ChiCTR2300067531.</p></sec>