Menstrual Regulation: An Alternate for Induced Abortion

Objective: To assess the reason for seeking menstrual regulation among 500 clients, in 2 different hospitals. Methods: This was a descriptive type of cross sectional study during the period of July, 2007 to January2008. The study was carried out in the Menstrual Regulation and Training Service Program (MRTSP) centre of Dhaka medical college hospital and Mymensingh Medical College Hospital. Total 500 patients irrespective of age, occupation, family status, religion who came for MR in the MRTSP centre in DMCH & MMCH were included in the study. Results: Regarding the place of residence, it was found that of the total 500 respondents 64.6% came from the urban area and rest from the rural area. The mean age of the respondents was 28.58yrs with 6.42 mean age of the husbands were 37.04yrs 6.42. Investigating the reasons for seeking MR, it was found that 74.4% reported that they had adopted MR because they did not want any more children. Key words: Menstrual regulation; induced abortion; morbidity; mortality. DOI: 10.3329/jdmc.v18i1.6301 J Dhaka Med Coll. 2009; 18(1) : 25-27