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Ascertaining the Psychological Effects from Weight Gain Following Planned Abortion among Female in Tertiary Institutions in South-South Nigeria

DOI : https://doi.org/10.36349/easjnm.2025.v07i04.006
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Weight gains due to planned, undesired and unwanted pregnancy by women is on the increase and this has brought a lot of psychological traumas to them. Majority of the women who participated in the study faced psychological truama as an aftermath of the planned abortion carried out leading to weight gain. These psychological truama has brought changes including emotional, hormonal, and physical changes to the women. The aim of this study is to ascertain the Psychological Effects from Weight Gain Following Planned Abortion among Female in Tertiary Institutions in South-South Nigeria. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study involving 250 females. A well-structured questionnaire was administered to participants. The study lasted for a period of 2 months. Exclusion criteria were those females that had not been pregnant. Inclusion criteria were those females that carried out termination of unwanted pregnancy and those who want to gain weight. Data were analyzed with SPSS version 25.0. The results shows that 90.0% of the participants regretted of their action, 80.0% had anxiety, 74.0% had depression, 80.0% developed poor body’s structure, 76.0% were ashamed of your body structure, 82.0% faced social isolation, 84.8% rejected due to poor body structure, 76.0% passed through psychological stress, 80.0% had mood swings and 70.0% had emotional response such as restless, loss, guilt, confusion, relief and grief.

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