From: Posttraumatic stress among women after induced abortion: a Swedish multi-centre cohort study
Variable | Baseline responders | Responders at 3 month | |||||
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All | Responders 3 month follow-up | Dropouts 3 month follow-up 1 | Responders 6 month follow-up2 | Dropouts 6 month follow-up 2 | |||
n = 1457 | n = 742 | n = 639 | n = 6413 | n = 107 | |||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P-value | n (%) | n (%) | P-value | |
Age | 0.001 | 0.8 | |||||
15–19 | 135 (9.3) | 57 (7.7) | 70 (11.0) | 49 (7.7) | 9 (8.4) | ||
20–24 | 443 (30.4) | 208 (28.1) | 217 (34.0) | 176 (27.5) | 34 (31.8) | ||
25–34 | 564 (38.7) | 293 (39.5) | 237 (37.1) | 254 (39.7) | 41 (38.3) | ||
35– | 314 (21.6) | 183 (24.7) | 115 (18.0) | 161 (25.2) | 23 (21.5) | ||
Mean ± SD | 28.0 ± 7.2 | 28.7 ± 7.4 | 27.1 ± 6.9 | <0.001 | 28.8 ± 7.5 | 27.9 ± 7.1 | 0.3 |
Living alone | 379 (27.0) | 182 (25.2) | 174 (28.6) | 0.2 | 152 (24.4) | 31 (29.8) | 0.3 |
Education <12 years | 1009 (69.8) | 465 (63.2) | 493 (77.9) | <0.001 | 392 (61.6) | 78 (73.6) | 0.018 |
Occupation | 0.06 | 0.1 | |||||
Working full-time | 572 (40.6) | 297 (41.2) | 240 (39.2) | 250 (40.1) | 48 (46.2) | ||
Working part-time | 270 (19.2) | 150 (20.8) | 104 (17.0) | 139 (22.3) | 12 (11.5) | ||
Student | 355 (25.2) | 179 (24.8) | 160 (26.1) | 152 (24.4) | 28 (26.9) | ||
Other occupation | 211 (15.0) | 95 (13.2) | 109 (17.8) | 82 (13.2) | 16 (15.4) | ||
Anxiety symptoms | 622 (43.5) | 283 (38.6) | 302 (48.6) | <0.001 | 190 (30.3) | 30 (28.3) | 0.7 |
Depression symptoms | 449 (31.4) | 210 (28.6) | 210 (33.8) | 0.043 | 85 (13.6) | 14 (13.2) | 1.0 |
Antidepressant use | 98 (7.2) | 40 (5.6) | 53 (9.2) | 0.012 | 36 (5.8) | 5 (4.9) | 0.8 |
Alcohol use | 1154 (79.7) | 607 (82.1) | 486 (76.8) | 0.014 | 519 (81.2) | 91 (85.8) | 0.3 |
Tobacco use | 573 (39.5) | 249 (33.7) | 297 (46.8) | <0.001 | 206 (32.3) | 45 (42.5) | 0.040 |
Foreign born | 120 (8.3) | 45 (6.1) | 60 (9.5) | 0.019 | 41 (6.4) | 4 (3.8) | 0.3 |
Having no children | 743 (55.9) | 384 (54.5) | 314 (56.2) | 0.6 | 333 (54.8) | 53 (52.5) | 0.7 |
Previous abortion | 505 (39.3) | 232 (34.0) | 242 (44.9) | <0.001 | 186 (31.7) | 47 (47.0) | 0.003 |
Abortion method | 0.7 | 0.2 | |||||
Medical | 1103 (81.5) | 594 (83.0) | 467 (81.9) | 520 (84.0) | 79 (77.5) | ||
Surgical | 251 (18.5) | 122 (17.0) | 103 (18.1) | 99 (16.0) | 23 (22.5) | ||
Place for abortion | 0.8 | 1.0 | |||||
Home | 716 (53.0) | 396 (55.4) | 309 (54.5) | 344 (55.6) | 56 (55.4) | ||
Clinic | 643 (47.0) | 319 (44.6) | 258 (45.5) | 275 (44.4) | 45 (44.6) | ||
Counselling before abortion | 515 (40.4) | 308 (45.7) | 204 (38.3) | 0.01 | 272 (46.5) | 38 (40.4) | 0.3 |
Counselling after abortion | 36 (2.8) | 20 (3.0) | 13 (2.5) | 0.6 | 19 (3.3) | 1 (1.1) | 0.2 |