Table 2.
Association between psychological symptoms, bodily changes, birth-related symptoms, breastfeeding, severe fatigue and mode of birth at 1 month after birth
|
Unassisted Vaginala |
Ventouse-assisteda |
Forceps-assisteda |
Unplanned Caesareana |
Planned Caesareana |
p |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
n = 3275 |
n = 302 |
n = 359 |
n = 675 |
n = 630 |
|
|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
|
The blues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
2850 (87) |
266 (88) |
295 (82) |
574 (85) |
544 (86) |
0.08 |
| Yes |
425 (13) |
36 (12) |
64 (18) |
101 (15) |
86 (14) |
|
|
Depression |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
3055 (93) |
289 (96) |
320 (89) |
627 (93) |
589 (94) |
0.02 |
| Yes |
220 (7) |
13 (4) |
39 (11) |
48 (7) |
41 (7) |
|
|
Anxiety |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
2961 (90) |
272 (90) |
298 (83) |
596 (88) |
568 (90) |
<0.001 |
| Yes |
314 (10) |
30 (10) |
61 (17) |
79 (12) |
62 (10) |
|
|
PTSD symptoms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
2646 (81) |
229 (76) |
243 (68) |
515 (76) |
529 (84) |
<0.001 |
| 1 |
494 (15) |
56 (19) |
85 (24) |
110 (16) |
76 (12) |
|
| ≥2 |
135 (4) |
17 (6) |
31 (9) |
50 (7) |
25 (4) |
|
|
Bodily changes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
2156 (66) |
164 (54) |
202 (56) |
444 (66) |
453 (72) |
<0.001 |
| Yes |
1119 (34) |
138 (46) |
157 (43) |
231 (34) |
177 (28) |
|
|
Birth -related symptoms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
3017 (92) |
242 (80) |
250 (70) |
546 (81) |
534 (84) |
<0.001 |
| Yes |
258 (8) |
60 (20) |
109 (30) |
129 (19) |
96 (15) |
|
|
Breastfeeding difficulties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
2828 (86) |
246 (82) |
286 (80) |
551 (82) |
555 (88) |
<0.001 |
| Yes |
447 (14) |
56 (19) |
73 (20) |
124 (18) |
75 (12) |
|
|
Severe tiredness/ Fatigue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
2487 (76) |
222 (74) |
246 (69) |
488 (72) |
469 (74) |
0.02 |
| Yes | 788 (24) | 80 (27) | 113 (32) | 187 (28) | 161 (26) |
aNumbers may not sum to total because some data missing.