From: Posttraumatic stress among women after induced abortion: a Swedish multi-centre cohort study
Variable | Comparison group n = 499 | Developed PTSD/PTSS n = 51 | Recovered n = 145 | Unchanged n = 25 | |||
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n (%) | n (%) | P-value | n (%) | P-value | n (%) | P-value | |
Anxiety symptoms at baseline | 139 (28.0) | 32 (62.7) | <0.001 | 86 (60.6) | <0.001 | 19 (76.0) | <0.001 |
Anxiety symptoms at 3 months | 99 (20.2) | 26 (52.0) | <0.001 | 67 (47.2) | <0.001 | 21 (87.5) | <0.001 |
Anxiety symptoms at 6 months | 83 (19.6) | 27 (56.2) | <0.001 | 62 (49.2) | <0.001 | 16 (88.9) | <0.001 |
Depressive symptoms at baseline | 113 (22.8) | 18 (35.3) | 0.046 | 54 (38.0) | <0.001 | 20 (80.0) | <0.001 |
Depressive symptoms at 3 months | 34 (7.0) | 16 (32.0) | <0.001 | 34 (23.9) | <0.001 | 13 (54.2) | <0.001 |
Depressive symptoms at 6 months | 28 (6.6) | 12 (25.0) | <0.001 | 31 (24.6) | <0.001 | 9 (50.0) | <0.001 |
Antidepressant use | 16 (3.3) | 4 (8.7) | 0.1 | 17 (12.1) | <0.001 | 3 (12.0) | 0.025 |