Abstract

Background: Abortion incidence saw an increase across most states and all four regions, with pharmaceutical abortions rising by 45% to 492,210. While the national number of abortion facilities remained stable, the Midwest and West experienced increases, counterbalanced by decreases in the Northeast and South. The PLISSIT model, applied to post-abortion and reproductive health counseling, has proven effective in mitigating complications and improving patient understanding.

Aim: The current study was conducted to evaluate the impact of counseling based on PLISSIT model on women’s knowledge regarding modern educational information about abortion.

Subjects and methods design: A quasi-experimental (pre- and post-test) research design was used.

Subjects & settings: A convenient sample of 92 women who had abortions affiliated obstetrics & gynecology unit at Beni-Suef University Hospital.

Tools: (1) structured interview questionnaire. (2) women's knowledge regarding abortion and management. (3) Information technology.

Results: most of the studied women (81.5%) were not working, 58.7% from rural areas, 76.1 had insufficient monthly income and 58.7% had extended family, 15.2% had satisfactory knowledge regarding modern educational information on abortion pretest which improved posttest to 80.4%, 72.8% of studied women who hadn’t working had unsatisfactory answer knowledge before the counseling which improved to 14.1% unsatisfactory answer post implementation of counseling sessions.

Conclusion: Based on the results of the current study, it was observed that there was a statistically significant improvement among the studied women regarding modern educational information on abortion posttest. There was no statistically significant relation between the studied women’ total knowledge level and their job.

Recommendations: creating an educational program to increase women's understanding of social media usage, maximizing its benefits, exposing them to the most reliable and authentic social media platforms, and demonstrating how to use these tools to enhance their post-abortion lifestyles.

Keywords

counseling, plissit model, knowledge, modern educational information, abortion