Table 3 Knowledge about mental health conditions for legal abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy
From: Providers’ perspectives on denial of abortion care in Nepal: a cross sectional study
Mental health conditions | Physicians (N = 36) | Mid-level Providers (N = 70) | Total (N = 106) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes without probing (%) | Yes with probing (%) | No/DK (%) | Yes without probing (%) | Yes with probing(%) | No/DK (%) | Yes without probing (%) | Yes with probing (%) | No/DK (%) | |
Difficulty falling asleep | 14 | 31 | 69 | 4 | 29 | 71 | 8 | 29 | 71 |
Always sleepy or falls asleep all the time | 14 | 25 | 75 | 3 | 14 | 86 | 7 | 18 | 82 |
Lethargic and less energetic | 11 | 25 | 75 | 3 | 11 | 89 | 6 | 16 | 84 |
Feels guilty or worthless all the time | 6 | 56 | 44 | 1 | 23 | 77 | 3 | 34 | 66 |
Problems concentrating, carefully thinking or making decisions | 11 | 44 | 56 | 6 | 27 | 73 | 8 | 33 | 67 |
Excited, restless or irritated | 8 | 39 | 61 | 6 | 20 | 80 | 7 | 26 | 74 |
Hesitation participating in recreational activities | 3 | 22 | 78 | – | 7 | 93 | 1 | 12 | 88 |
Feeling that life has become meaningless and support less | 11 | 56 | 44 | 6 | 29 | 71 | 8 | 38 | 62 |
Feeling unable to take care of other child(ren) financially, mentally and physically | 28 | 47 | 53 | 10 | 34 | 66 | 16 | 39 | 61 |
Believes baby will affect her education and professional career | 6 | 14 | 86 | – | 16 | 84 | 2 | 15 | 85 |
Believes pregnancy is result of her extramarital affair | 3 | 33 | 67 | – | 33 | 67 | 1 | 33 | 67 |
Knew any three or more mental health conditions (out of 11 listed above) | 19 | 56 | 44 | 4 | 37 | 63 | 9 | 43 | 57 |