Table 2.
Unadjusted associations between individual somatic symptoms (the PHQ scale + 4 somatic idioms) and high levels of common mental disorder symptoms (Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) score ≥ 6) in pregnant and postnatal women.
| Somatic item | Pregnancy |
Postnatal 2 months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence (n, %) |
Prevalence |
Prevalence (n, %) |
Prevalence |
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| Total sample n = 1065 | SRQ-20 < 6 n = 937 | SRQ-20 ≥ 6 n = 128 | Ratio (95% CI) | Total sample n = 954 | SRQ-20 < 6 n = 910 | SRQ-20 ≥ 6 n = 44 | Ratio (95%CI) | |
| Stomach pain | 58 (5.5) | 31(3.3) | 27 (21.1) | 4.6 (3.3, 6.5) | 46 (4.8) | 40 (4.4) | 6 (13.6) | 3.1 (1.4, 7.0) |
| Back pain | 35 (3.3) | 17(1.8) | 18 (14.1) | 4.8 (3.3, 6.9) | 60 (6.3) | 51 (5.6) | 9 (20.5) | 3.8 (1.9, 7.6) |
| Pain in arms, legs or joints | 43 (4.0) | 24(2.6) | 19 (14.9) | 4.1 (2.8, 6.1) | 47 (4.9) | 39 (4.3) | 8 (18.2) | 4.3 (2.1, 8.7) |
| Vaginal discharge | 5 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | 4 (3.1) | 6.8 (4.3, 10.9) | 8 (0.8) | 4 (04) | 4 (9.1) | 11.8 (5.6, 25.3) |
| Headache | 120 (11.3) | 66 (7.1) | 54 (42.2) | 5.7 (4.3, 7.7) | 134 (14.0) | 115 (12.6) | 19 (43.2) | 4.7 (2.6, 8.2) |
| Chest pain | 22 (2.1) | 9 (1.0) | 13 (10.2) | 5.4 (3.6, 7.9) | 11 (1.2) | 4 (0.4) | 7 (15.9) | 16.2 (9.4, 28.1) |
| Dizziness | 52 (4.9) | 32 (3.4) | 20 (15.6) | 3.6 (2.4, 5.3) | 53 (5.6) | 41 (4.5) | 12 (27.3) | 6.4 (3.5, 11.7) |
| Fainting spells | 4 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (2.3) | 6.4 (3.5, 12) | 44 (4.1) | 0 | 44 (4.1) | – |
| Feeling heart pound/race | 18 (1.7) | 7 (0.8) | 11 (8.6) | 5.5 (3.6, 8.2) | 12 (1.3) | 9 (1.0) | 3 (6.8) | 5.8 (2.1, 16.0) |
| Shortness of breath | 13 (1.2) | 6 (0.6) | 7 (5.5) | 4.7 (2.8, 8.0) | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 0 | – |
| Painful sexual intercourse | 13 (1.2) | 7 (0.8) | 6 (4.7) | 4.0 (2.2, 7.3) | 8 (0.8) | 5 (0.6) | 3 (6.8) | 8.7 (3.4, 22.3) |
| Bowel problemsa | 14 (1.3) | 8 (0.9) | 6 (4.7) | 3.7 (2.0, 6.9) | 2 (0.2) | 0 | 2 (4.6) | 22.7 (16.9, 30.5) |
| Nausea, gas or indigestion | 33 (3.1) | 17 (1.8) | 19 (14.8) | 5.0 (4.0, 7.1) | 9 (0.9) | 7 (0.80) | 2 (4.6) | 5.0 (1.4, 17.6) |
| Burning sensations in headb | 36 (3.4) | 16 (1.7) | 17 (13.3) | 4.8 (3.3, 7.0) | 32 (3.4) | 22 (2.4) | 10 (22.7) | 8.5 (4.6, 15.6) |
| Urinary problemsb | 19 (1.8) | 8 (0.9) | 11 (8.6) | 5.2 (3.4, 7.9) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 | – |
| Incontinenceb | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 8.4 (7.1, 9.9) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 | – |
| Breast painb | – | 23 (2.5) | 21 (2.3) | 2 (4.7) | 1.9 (0.5, 7.6) | |||
a
Constipation, loose bowels or diarrhoea.
b
Local somatic idioms, not part of original PHQ somatic scale.