Table 2.
Mental Health Morbidity Among Women Exposed to Abuse in Adulthood Only, Childhood Only, or in Both Periods
| No abuse (n=882) n(%) |
Adult only (n =123) n (%) |
Child only (n =175) n(%) |
Both periods (n =79) n(%) |
Overall (n=1,259) n(%) |
pa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnoses | ||||||
| Current PTSD | 36 (4.1) | 14 (11.4) | 28 (16.0) | 31 (39.2) | 109 (8.7) | <.001 |
| Current Depression | 82 (9.3) | 17 (13.8) | 29 (16.6) | 25 (31.6) | 153 (12.2) | <.001 |
| Current Anxiety | 31 (3.5) | 7 (5.7) | 11 (6.3) | 7 (8.9) | 56 (4.4) | .064 |
| Mental health treatment | ||||||
| Individual psychotherapy ever | 206 (23.4) | 52 (42.3) | 76 (43.4) | 35 (44.3) | 369 (29.3) | <.001 |
| Psychotherapy in pregnancy | 27 (3.1) | 7 (5.7) | 12 (6.9) | 8 (10.1) | 54 (4.3) | .004 |
| Medication use ever | 99 (11.2) | 24 (19.5) | 29 (16.6) | 22 (27.8) | 174 (13.8) | <.001 |
| Medication use in pregnancy | 24 (2.7) | 3 (2.4) | 6 (3.4) | 3 (3.8) | 36 (2.9) | .898 |
PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder
a
df = 3, p value is for chi square testing differences in rates among the groups