Effect of intervention based on the 5A self-management model on the improvement of behaviors related to women's reproductive health after legal abortion

Abstract Legal abortion has adopted many beneficial measures to prevent the birth of fetuses with congenital anomalies and maintain the health of high-risk mothers. However, abortion has its own complications and, thus, most mothers need care in this regard. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of self-management model on behaviors related to the reproductive health of mothers after legal abortion. This clinical trial study was conducted on 72 women who had legal abortion with the permission from Isfahan forensic medicine. The intervention was conducted using the 5A self-management model. The control group received the usual health system cares. Data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire of behaviors related to reproductive health, which was completed before and two months after the intervention by the two groups. The total mean score of the behavior (P