Table 3.
Associations between socio-demographic factors, anxiety and depressive symptoms and on-going posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), point prevalence, as well as posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) among women requesting abortion.
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Ongoing PTSD (n = 60)
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PTSS (n = 340)
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Controls (n = 1026)
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| n | % | p-value | n | % | p-value | n | % | |
| Age | ||||||||
| < 19 years | 7 | 12 | < 0.05 | 37 | 11 | 0.3 | 89 | 9 |
| 20–24 years | 23 | 38 | 101 | 30 | 301 | 29 | ||
| 25–34 years | 26 | 43 | 137 | 40 | 392 | 38 | ||
| > 35 years | 4 | 7 | 65 | 19 | 244 | 24 | ||
| Education | ||||||||
| < 12 years | 45 | 76 | 0.2 | 250 | 74 | < 0.05 | 688 | 67 |
| > 12 years | 14 | 24 | 88 | 26 | 332 | 32 | ||
| Cohabiting | 36 | 62 | < 0.05 | 237 | 73 | 0.8 | 734 | 74 |
| Smoking | 31 | 52 | < 0.001 | 103 | 30 | 0.5 | 291 | 29 |
| Snuff use | 8 | 15 | 0.3 | 44 | 14 | 0.2 | 112 | 10 |
| Alcohol | ||||||||
| No | 22 | 37 | < 0.001 | 73 | 21 | 0.5 | 195 | 19 |
| Moderate drinking | 33 | 56 | 255 | 75 | 801 | 78 | ||
| Heavy drinking | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 27 | 3 | ||
| Anxiety symptoms | 53 | 90 | < 0.001 | 199 | 60 | < 0.001 | 343 | 34 |
| Depressive symptoms | 45 | 76 | < 0.001 | 127 | 38 | < 0.001 | 259 | 25 |
| Country | ||||||||
| Sweden | 52 | 87 | 0.3 | 309 | 91 | 0.8 | 939 | 92 |
| European countries, Australia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Other countries | 6 | 10 | 25 | 7 | 65 | 6 | ||
Anxiety and depressive symptoms according to HADS. Frequencies are reported according to number of responders for each item.
p-values refer to the comparison with the control group, Chi-square test.