Participant experiences with medical abortion by site type (n=1847)
| Total | Pharmacies | Clinics | P value | ||||
| (n=1847) | (n=910) | (n=937) | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Felt prepared for what happened after taking the medical abortion pills | 0.273 | ||||||
| Yes | 1592 | 86.2% | 852 | 90.9% | 740 | 81.3% | |
| No or don't know | 255 | 13.8% | 85 | 9.1% | 170 | 18.7% | |
| Experienced but not expected | |||||||
| Saw clots/tissue | 101 | 5.5% | 35 | 7.3% | 66 | 3.7% | 0.657 |
| More pain | 98 | 5.3% | 64 | 6.8% | 34 | 3.7% | 0.293 |
| Heavier bleeding | 87 | 4.7% | 13 | 1.4% | 74 | 8.1% | 0.005 |
| Longer bleeding | 72 | 3.9% | 15 | 1.6% | 57 | 6.3% | 0.002 |
| Higher or longer fever | 29 | 1.6% | 16 | 1.7% | 13 | 1.4% | 0.880 |
| More gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea) | 16 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.4% | 12 | 1.3% | 0.128 |
| Incomplete abortion | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% | 0.994 |
| Other | 20 | 1.1% | 5 | 0.5% | 15 | 1.7% | 0.156 |
| Would recommend MA pills to a friend | 0.953 | ||||||
| Yes | 1245 | 68.4% | 608 | 66.2% | 637 | 70.6% | |
| No | 255 | 14.0% | 109 | 11.9% | 146 | 16.2% | |
| Would not recommend any type of abortion | 144 | 7.9% | 111 | 12.1% | 33 | 3.7% | |
| Don't know | 176 | 9.7% | 90 | 9.8% | 86 | 9.5% | |
MA, medical abortion.