Table 1.
Clinical and demographic characteristics of pregnant women with severe mental illness
| Whole sample N = 456 | Non-affective psychosis, N = 236 | Affective SMI, N = 220 | P* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Black African & other Black | 221 (48.5) | 137 (58.1) | 84 (38.2) | <0.001 |
| White British & other White | 152 (33.3) | 58 (24.6) | 94 (42.7) | |
| Asian/ Mixed/Other | 83 (18.2) | 41 (17.4) | 42 (19.1) | |
| Deprivation score, median (range) 1 | 34.9 (3.8-77.2) | 35.4 (3.8-77.2) | 33.6 (6.8-9.7) | 0.226 |
| Maternal age at 1 st index delivery, mean (SD), | 31.8 (6.2) | 30.9 (6.4) | 32.9 (5.8) | <0.001 |
| Partner during 1 st index pregnancy | ||||
| Yes | 299 (68.7) | 143 (63.8) | 156 (73.9) | 0.023 |
| No | 136 (31.3) | 81 (36.2) | 55 (26.1) | |
| Number of children at 1 st index pregnancy | ||||
| 0 | 197 (44.7) | 101 (43.0) | 96 (46.6) | 0.682 |
| 1 | 125 (28.3) | 71 (30.2) | 54 (26.2) | |
| 2 | 68 (15.4) | 38 (16.2) | 30 (14.6) | |
| >/=3 | 51 (11.6) | 25 (10.6) | 26 (12.6) | |
| Victim of child abuse | 106 (23.3) | 60 (25.4) | 46 (20.9) | 0.254 |
| Victim of domestic abuse before pregnancy | 159 (34.9) | 83 (35.2) | 76 (34.6) | 0.889 |
| Victim of domestic abuse in pregnancy | 86 (18.9) | 45 (19.1) | 41 (18.6) | 0.906 |
| Smoking in pregnancy | 79 (17.3) | 51 (21.6) | 28 (12.7) | 0.012 |
| Alcohol use in pregnancy | 77 (16.9) | 40 (17.0) | 37 (16.8) | 0.970 |
| Substance use in pregnancy | 61 (13.4) | 39 (16.5) | 22 (10.0) | 0.041 |
| Self-harm in 2 years before pregnancy | 67 (14.7) | 41 (17.4) | 26 (11.8) | 0.094 |
| Number of days of acute care in 2 years before pregnancy, | ||||
| 0 | 262 (57.5) | 121 (51.3) | 141 (64.1) | 0.021 |
| 1-33 | 67 (14.7) | 38 (16.1) | 29 (13.2) | |
| 34-79 | 63 (13.8) | 42 (17.8) | 21 (9.6) | |
| 83-537 | 64 (14.0) | 35 (14.8) | 29 (13.2) | |
| Number of acute admissions in 2 years before pregnancy | ||||
| 0 | 262 (57.5) | 121 (51.3) | 141 (64.1) | 0.025 |
| 1 | 127 (27.9) | 78 (33.1) | 49 (22.3) | |
| 2 | 38 (8.3) | 23 (9.8) | 15 (6.8) | |
| >2 | 29 (6.4) | 14 (5.9) | 15 (6.8) | |
| Time since last admission (years) | ||||
| 1 year | 104 (53.6) | 65 (56.5) | 39 (49.4) | 0.326 |
| 2 years | 90 (46.4) | 50 (43.5) | 40 (50.6) | |
| Highest HoNOS total adjusted score in 2 years before pregnancy, median (range) 2 | 12 (0–36) | 12 (0–36) | 12 (0–28) | 0.768 |
1Deprivation score, whole sample, n = 427, non-affective group, n = 222, affective group, n = 205.
2adjusted HoNOS, whole sample, n = 244, non-affective group, n = 146, affective group, n = 98.
*p values are for comparison between the affective and non-affective group.