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Table 4 Final CAPS 2019 survey instrument sections and time to complete them

From: Development and pilot testing of the 2019 Canadian Abortion Provider Survey

Section

Content

Description

Time (minutes) to complete the section

1

Demographics

Anonymized workforce characteristics including age, gender, profession, clinical specialty, geographic location of clinical practice, type of abortion care provided, and percentage of clinical work focusing on contraception and abortion

15

2

Clinical abortion practices:

â—¦ First trimester MA

â—¦ First trimester surgical abortion

â—¦ Second trimester surgical abortion

â—¦ Second/third trimester MA

Pre-abortion testing, procedure techniques and medications, post-abortion follow-up; number of abortions, clinic characteristics

15

15

15

15

3

Administrators

Anonymized characteristics of facility, its workforce and clinical care, number of abortions

10

4

Diverse populations

Adaptation of care for diverse patient populations, such as cultural/ethnic origins, gender/identity

5

5

Stigma and resilience

Experience with stigma and harassment, and their associated resilience

5

6

Remuneration and future research

Respondents could provide email address to receive remuneration, study results or future research information

1

Respondents only see the questions that apply to the demographics or services they indicated in prior questions. All respondents are asked to complete Sects. 1, 4, 5, and 6. Clinicians will be asked to complete Sect. 2. The greater the range of abortion care a respondent provides (covered in Sect. 2), the longer it will take to complete the survey. Administrators will be asked to complete Sect. 3 instead of Sect. 2

  1. CAPS Canadian Abortion Provider Survey, MA medical abortion