Abstract: Objective：To explore the effect of post-abortion care on the psychological state and contraception right after artificial abortion among unmarried women. Methods：One hundred and twenty unmarried women of early pregnancy with painless artificial abortion were randomly assigned to two groups in this prospectively comparative study. Sixty cases in the cｏｎｔｒｏｌ ｇｒｏｕｐ ｗｅｒｅ ｐｒｏｖｉｄｅｄ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｔｒａｄｉｔｉｏｎａｌ ａｂｏｒｔｉｏｎ ｓｅｒｖｉｃｅ， ａｎｄ ６０ ｃａｓｅｓ ｗｅｒｅ ｐｒｏｖｉｄｅｄ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｐｏｓｔ－ａｂｏｒｔｉｏｎ ｃａｒｅ（ＰＡＣ） ａｓ ｔｈｅ ＰＡＣ ｇｒｏｕｐ． Ｃｏｎｔｒａｃｅｐｔｉｖｅ ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｉｍｍｅｄｉａｔｅｌｙ ａｆｔｅｒ ｉｎｄｕｃｅｄ ａｂｏｒｔｉｏｎ ｗａｓ ｅｓｔｉｍａｔｅｄ， ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｃｅｓ ｏｆ ａｎｘｉｅｔｙ ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ ｐｒｅｏｐｅｒａｔｉｏｎ ａｎｄ ｐｏｓｔｏｐｅｒａｔｉｏｎ ｗｅｒｅ ｃｏｍｐａｒｅｄ ｂｙ ｔｈｅ ｓｅｌｆ－ｒａｔｉｎｇ ａｎｘｉｅｔｙ ｓｃａｌｅ （ＳＡＳ） ｉｎ ｔｗｏ ｇｒｏｕｐｓ． Ｒｅｓｕｌｔｓ：Ｔｈｅ ｍｅａｎ ｓｃｏｒｅｓ ｏｆ ｐｒｅｏｐｅｒａｔｉｖｅ ＳＡＳ ｉｎ ｔｗｏ ｇｒｏｕｐ ｗｅｒｅ（４７．８±８．３） ａｎｄ （４７．６±８．２）， ｒｅｓｐｅｃｔｉｖｅｌｙ（Ｐ＞０．０５）． Ｔｈｅ ｍｅａｎ ｓｃｏｒｅ ｏｆ ｐｏｓｔｏｐｅｒａｔｉｖｅ ＳＡＳ ｉｎ ＰＡＣ ｇｒｏｕｐ（２８．２±４．７） ｗａｓ ｓｉｇｎｉｆｉｃａｎｔｌｙ ｌｏｗｅｒ ｔｈａｎ ｔｈａｔ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｎｔｒｏｌ ｇｒｏｕｐ （４５．６±６．１） （ｔ＝１２．９０１，Ｐ＝０．０００）． Ｔｈｅ ｒａｔｅ ｏｆ ｃｏｎｔｒａｃｅｐｔｉｖｅ ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｉｍｍｅｄｉａｔｅｌｙ ａｆｔｅｒ ｉｎｄｕｃｅｄ ａｂｏｒｔｉｏｎ ｗａｓ ７８．３３％ ｉｎ ＰＡＣ ｇｒｏｕｐ， ｗｈｉｃｈ ｗａｓ ｓｉｇｎｉｆｉｃａｎｔｌｙ ｈｉｇｈｅｒ ｔｈａｎ ｔｈａｔ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｎｔｒｏｌ ｇｒｏｕｐ （１１．６７％）（Ｐ＜０．０５）． Ｃｏｎｃｌｕsions：PAC should be promoted for improving effective contraceptive application immediately after induced abortion and reducing anxiety among those unmarried women, which is beneficial to female reproductive health.

Key words: Family planning services, Abortion, induced, Manifest anxiety scale, Contraception