Table 2.
Health care consumption during pregnancy.
| BMI | <20 | 20–<25 | 25–<30 | 30–<35 | 35+ | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | 8,392 | 40,220 | 16,041 | 4,902 | 2,083 | 71,638 | |
| Mean number of visits to physician at maternal health care centre (SD) | Mean (SD) | 3.3 (1.7)∗ | 3.2 (1.6) | 3.4 (1.8)∗∗ | 3.5 (1.9)∗∗¶¶ | 3.8 (2.1)∗∗¶¶## | 3.3 (1.7) |
| Mean number of visits to midwife at maternal health care centre (SD) | Mean (SD) | 10.8 (2.4)∗∗ | 10.9 (2.3) | 11.0 (2.6)∗∗ | 11.4 (2.9)∗∗¶¶ | 11.8 (3.2)∗∗¶¶## | 10.9 (2.4) |
| Number of women sick-listed during pregnancy (%) | n (%) | 1925 (22.9%) | 8977 (22.3%) | 4250 (26.5%)∗∗ | 1470 (30.0%)∗∗¶¶ | 718 (34.5%)∗∗¶¶## | 17340 (24.2%) |
| Number of women referred to Aurora clinic n (%) | n (%) | 386 (4.6%) | 1631 (4.1%) | 706 (4.4%)∗∗ | 238 (4.9%)∗∗¶¶ | 122 (5.9%)∗∗¶¶ | 3083 (4.3%) |
| Mean number of hospital admission (SD) | Mean (SD) | 0.3 (0.7)∗ | 0.3 (0.6) | 0.4 (0.7)∗∗ | 0.4 (0.7)∗∗¶¶ | 0.5 (0.8)∗∗¶¶## | 0.3 (0.6) |
| Mean number of days admitted to hospital (SD) | Mean (SD) | 0.9 (4.0)∗ | 0.8 (2.8) | 1.0 (2.9)∗ | 1.2 (3.1)∗∗¶¶ | 1.7 (3.8)∗∗¶¶## | 0.9 (3.0) |
∗ denotes significant difference between BMI between 20 and <25, ¶ between 25 and <30, and # between 30 and <35. Single legends denote significance at level <0.05 and double legends denote significance at the <0.001 level.
An Aurora clinic is a cross-disciplinary unit for treatment of moderate to severe fear of childbirth.