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Table 2 Prevalence of lifetime PTSD, PTSS and ongoing PTSD at the first visit to the clinic (baseline), and at follow-up

From: Posttraumatic stress among women after induced abortion: a Swedish multi-centre cohort study

Category

Baseline responders

Responders at 3 month

Responders at 6 month

 

All

Responders at 3 month follow-up1

Dropouts at 3 month follow-up 1

 

All

Responders at 6 month follow-up2

Dropouts at 6 month follow-up 2

 

All

n = 1402/1457

n = 714/742

n = 616/639

n = 736/742

n = 629/641

n = 107/107

n = 6413/64

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P-value

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P-value

n (%)

((95% CI))

((95% CI))

((95% CI))

Lifetime PTSD

101 (7.2)

36 (5.0)

60 (9.7)

<0.001

21 (2.9)

17 (2.7)

4 (3.7)

0.7

15 (2.3)

((5.9–8.6))

((1.7-4.1))

((1.1–3.5))

PTSS

329 (23.5)

148 (20.7)

161 (26.1)

<0.001

34 (4.6)

28 (4.5)

6 (5.6)

0.7

39 (6.1)

((21.2–25.7))

((3.1-6.1))

((4.2–8.0))

Ongoing PTSD4

60 (4.3)

21 (2.9)

38 (6.2)

0.004

15 (2.0)

12 (1.9)

3 (2.8)

0.5

12 (1.9)

((3.2–5.4))

((1.0-3.0))

((0.8–3.0))

  1. CI, confidence interval. Dropout analysis at baseline and at 3 months derived by comparing responders with dropouts at baseline and at 6 months respectively.
  2. 1Analysed with chi-square test based on data from the baseline questionnaire.
  3. 2Analysed with chi-square test based on data from three-month assessment.
  4. 3Including six responders who were non-responders at 3 month follow-up.
  5. 4Missing variables for ongoing PTSD was < 1%.