Variable | Comparison group n = 464 | Developed PTSD/PTSS n = 48 | Recovered n = 137 | Unchanged n = 25 | |||
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n % | n % | p-value | n % | p-value | n % | p-value | |
Variable | |||||||
Age | <0.01 | ns | ns | ||||
15–19 | 28 (6.0) | 6 (12.5) | 11 (8.0) | 4 (16.0) | |||
20–24 | 119 (25.6) | 22 (45.8) | 39 (28.5) | 4 (16.0) | |||
25–34 | 194 (41.8) | 15 (31.3) | 54 (39.4) | 14 (56.0) | |||
35–52 | 123 (26.5) | 5 (10.4) | 33 (24.1) | 3 (12) | |||
Living alone | 108 (23.7) | 16 (34.0) | ns | 30 (22.7) | ns | 6 (24.0) | ns |
Education < 12 years | 275 (59.5) | 34 (72.3) | ns | 95 (69.3) | <0.05 | 19 (76.0) | ns |
Occupation | <0.05 | ns | ns | ||||
Working full time | 205 (45.3) | 10 (22.2) | 49 (36.6) | 6 (24.0) | |||
Working part time | 92 (20.3) | 12 (26.7) | 30 (22.4) | 5 (20.0) | |||
Student | 98 (21.6) | 15 (33.3) | 37 (27.6) | 8 (32.0) | |||
Other occupation | 58 (12.8) | 8 (17.8) | 18 (13.4) | 6 (24.0) | |||
Sexual trauma | 12 (2.6) | 5 (10.4) | < 0.01 | 39 (28.5) | <0.001 | 9 (36.0) | <0.001 |
Experience of violence | 79 (17.0) | 19 (39.6) | <0.001 | 82 (59.9) | <0.001 | 18 (72.0) | <0.001 |
Anxiety symptoms | 127 (27.5) | 31 (64.6) | <0.001 | 80 (59.3) | <0.001 | 19 (76.0) | <0.001 |
Depression symptoms | 107 (23.2) | 18 (37.5) | <0.05 | 52 (38.5) | <0.001 | 20 (80.0) | <0.001 |
Antidepressant use | 15 (3.3) | 4 (9.3) | ns | 16 (12.0) | <0.001 | 3 (12.0) | <0.05 |
Alcohol use | 388 (83.6) | 34 (70.8) | <0.05 | 110 (80.3) | ns | 18 (72.0) | ns |
Tobacco use | 138 (29.8) | 16 (33.3) | ns | 52 (38.0) | ns | 16 (64.0) | <0.001 |
Foreign born | 25 (5.4) | 3 (6.3) | ns | 12 (8.8) | ns | 1 (4.0) | ns |
No children | 239 (53.6) | 29 (70.7) | <0.05 | 71 (55.5) | ns | 11 (45.8) | ns |
Previous abortion | 135 (31.3) | 14 (34.1) | ns | 47 (38.2) | ns | 12 (48.0) | ns |
Abortion method | ns | ns | ns | ||||
Medical | 377 (83.8) | 35 (79.5) | 110 (83.3) | 21 (84.0) | |||
Surgical | 73 (16.2) | 9 (20.5) | 22 (16.7) | 4 (16.0) | |||
Place of abortion | ns | ns | ns | ||||
Home | 257 (57.2) | 22 (52.4) | 68 (51.1) | 13 (52.0) | |||
Clinic | 192 (42.8) | 20 (47.6) | 65 (48.9) | 12 (48.0) | |||
Counseling before abortion | 175 (41.8) | 25 (58.1) | <0.05 | 69 (53.9) | <0.05 | 11 (45.8) | ns |
Counseling after abortion | 10 (2.4) | 3 (7.0) | ns | 4 (3.1) | ns | 1 (4.2) | ns |