Abortion in women partners of inmates: prevalence and associated factors

Descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach carried out with 349 women of inmates in three penitentiaries in the State of Paraná. For data collection, it was used validated instrument BSSB - Brazilian Study on Sexual Behavior. Descriptive analyzes were processed, and through the Chi-square test, the occurrence of abortion and the researched variables were associated.

Results:

(38.3%) of the women reported abortion throughout their lives, there was an association between women under the age of 30 (p=<0.001), who reported smoking (p=<0.044), not using condoms (p=<0.001), who suffered sexual violence (p = <0.050) and who reported a diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections (p=<0.001).

Conclusion:

The present study showed associated factors for high prevalence of abortion in women partners of inmates. Abortion is considered an important public health problem and needs to be treated with priority by public health policies in different population groups.

Keywords:
Abortion; Women’s health; Vulnerable populations

Variables		Total		Abortion +		p-value
Variables		n	(%)	n	(%)	p-value
Women who reported abortion troughout life		349	100	134	38.3
Age	< 30 years	231	66.2	79	55.6	0.001^*
Age	≥30 years	118	33.8	55	32.9
Associated Behaviors (Addictions)
Alcohol	Yes	33	9.5	19	13.4	0.059
Alcohol	No	316	90.5	123	86.6
Cigarette	Yes	185	53.0	85	59.9	0.044^*
Cigarette	No	164	47.0	57	40.1
Drugs	Yes	51	14.6	27	19.0	0.076
Drugs	No	298	85.4	115	81.0
Has any addiction	Yes	193	55.3	88	62.0	0.049^*
Has any addiction	No	156	44.7	54	38.0
Sexual Behavior
Partners/12 months	1	207	59.3	81	57.0	0.546
Partners/12 months	>1	142	40.7	61	43.0
Use condom	Yes	151	43.3	107	51.7	<0.001^*
Use condom	No	198	56.7	100	48.3
Sexual violence	Yes	111	31.8	54	38.0	0.050^*
Sexual violence	No	238	68.2	88	62.0
Money for sex	Yes	79	22.6	39	27.5	0.098
Money for sex	No	270	77.4	103	72.5
Alcohol effect	Yes	212	60.7	91	64.1	0.344
Alcohol effect	No	137	39.3	51	35.9
Drug effect	Yes	71	20.3	35	24.6	0.129
Drug effect	No	278	79.7	107	75.4
STIs
Diagnosis	Yes	147	42.2	66	46.5	<0.001^*
Diagnosis	No	201	57.8	76	53.5

Variables		Crude Odds Ratios	Adjusted Odds Ratios
Variables		(CI 95%)	(CI 95%)
Age	< 30 years	1	1
Age	≥ 30 years	2.2 (1.4 - 3.5)^*	1,9 (1.2 - 3.0)^*
Associated Behaviors (Addictions)
Alcohol	No	1	-
Alcohol	Yes	2.1 (1.0 - 4.4)	-
Cigarette	No	1	-
Cigarette	Yes	1.6 (1.1 - 2.5)^*	-
Drugs	No	1	-
Drugs	Yes	1.8 (1.0 - 3.3)	-
Has any addiction	No	1	-
Has any addiction	Yes	1.6 (1.1 - 2.4)^*	-
Sexual Behavior
Partners/12 months	1	1	-
Partners/12 months	>1	1.2 (0.8 - 1.8)	-
Use condom	No	1	1
Use condom	Yes	2.4 (1.5 - 3.7)^*	2.1 (1.3 - 3.4)^*
Sexual violence	No	1	1
Sexual violence	Yes	1.6 (1.1 - 2.6)^*	1.5 (0.9 - 2.4)
Money for sex	No	1	-
Money for sex	Yes	1.6 (1.0 - 2.6)	-
Alcohol effect	No	1	-
Alcohol effect	Yes	1.3 (0.8 - 2.0)	-
Drug effect	No	1	-
Drug effect	Yes	1.5 (0.9 - 2.6)	-
STIs
Diagnosis	No	1	1
Diagnosis	Yes	2.5 (1.5 - 4.4)^*	2.4 (1.3 - 4.1)^*

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[1] Corresponding author:
Débora Cristina Martins E-mail: martinsdebora344@gmail.com