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Regret after decision to have a tubal sterilization. Fertil Steril 1985 Aug;44(2):248-53

Date

08/01/1985

Pubmed ID

4018280

DOI

10.1016/s0015-0282(16)48746-7

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0021882466 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   51 Citations

Abstract

To determine characteristics associated with regretting sterilization that can be determined preoperatively, we analyzed data from the Collaborative Review of Sterilization (CREST), a multicenter, prospective, observational study. Of 5022 women, 2.0% regretted having had a tubal sterilization at 1 year after the procedure and 2.7% did so after 2 years. Using a multivariate analysis to identify risk factors for regret, we found that almost all characteristics were more closely associated with regret at 1 year than at 2 years postoperatively. Of the characteristics we examined that could be objectively determined preoperatively, we considered only age less than 30 years and (for whites) a concurrent cesarean section to be risk factors for regret at 2 years after sterilization. However, in absolute terms, less than 10% of women with both those risk factors regretted having the procedure.

Author List

Grubb GS, Peterson HB, Layde PM, Rubin GL

Author

Peter M. Layde MS, MD Emeritus Professor in the Emergency Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Adult
Emotions
Female
Humans
Sterilization, Tubal