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. 1999 Jun 26;318(7200):1721–1724. doi: 10.1136/bmj.318.7200.1721

Table.

Depression and anxiety scores during subsequent pregnancy after stillbirth according to time of conception after stillbirth. Confidence intervals for difference between scores for women who had experienced stillbirth and matched controls

Variable Conception before 12 months
Conception after 12 months
95% CI for difference P value
No of women Score No of women Score
Depression 3rd trimester* 31 4.0 29 1.1 −0.8 to 6.7 0.11
State anxiety 3rd trimester 27 12.1 28 1.9   2.0 to 18.5 0.02
Trait anxiety 3rd trimester 27 4.6 27 0.6  −3.3 to 11.5 0.30
Depression 6 weeks* 28 0.6 25 −0.24 −2.4 to 4.2 0.60
Depression 26 weeks 22 0.2 22 −1.0 −3.6 to 6.0 0.61
Depression 1 year 27 3.5 26 −1.7   2.0 to 10.4 0.01
State anxiety 1 year 26 4.0 26 −5.6   1.3 to 17.9 0.02
Trait anxiety 1 year 26 3.5 26 −6.8   2.0 to 18.6 0.02
*

Edinburgh postnatal depression scale. Beck depression inventory.