Table 2.
The study group women's self-perceived mental health assessed by the Symptom CheckList 90
| Sociodemographic factors in %* | Somatisation |
Interpersonal sensitivity |
Depression |
Anxiety |
Hostility |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | p Value | No | Yes | p Value | No | Yes | p Value | No | Yes | p Value | No | Yes | p Value | |
| Employment | |||||||||||||||
| Employed | 80.4 | 80.0 | 0.962 | 81.2 | 69.0 | 0.108 | 81.8 | 65.8 | 0.017 | 81.8 | 59.3 | 0.004 | 80.5 | 78.6 | 0.860 |
| Marital status | |||||||||||||||
| Married/cohabiting | 88.4 | 76.2 | 0.095 | 88.4 | 80.0 | 0.176 | 88.8 | 76.9 | 0.030 | 88.6 | 75.9 | 0.042 | 88.1 | 80.0 | 0.347 |
| Separated/divorced/other | 11.6 | 23.8 | 11.6 | 20.0 | 11.2 | 23.1 | 11.4 | 24.1 | 11.9 | 20.0 | |||||
| Age at follow-up | |||||||||||||||
| ≥45 years old | 60.7 | 77.3 | 0.119 | 61.5 | 61.3 | 0.981 | 60.0 | 77.5 | 0.030 | 60.7 | 73.3 | 0.168 | 61.7 | 56.3 | 0.661 |
| Same partner | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 81.1 | 75.0 | 0.541 | 81.5 | 70.8 | 0.197 | 81.2 | 77.4 | 0.609 | 81.3 | 73.9 | 0.381 | 81.3 | 66.7 | 0.203 |
| Children | |||||||||||||||
| No children | 19.9 | 27.3 | 0.159 | 19.4 | 32.3 | 0.188 | 18.4 | 40.0 | 0.009 | 19.5 | 30.0 | 0.420 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 0.961 |
| Biological children | 56.0 | 36.4 | 56.0 | 41.9 | 56.7 | 37.5 | 55.9 | 43.3 | 55.3 | 50.0 | |||||
| Adoptive children | 19.2 | 22.7 | 19.6 | 16.1 | 19.3 | 20.0 | 19.1 | 23.3 | 19.4 | 18.8 | |||||
| Biological and adoptive children | 4.9 | 13.6 | 5.0 | 9.7 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 6.3 | |||||
| Sociodemograpic factors in %* | Phobic anxiety |
Paranoid ideation |
Psychoticism |
Obsessive-compulsive |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | p Value | No | Yes | p Value | No | Yes | p Value | No | Yes | p Value | |
| Employment | ||||||||||||
| Employed | 81.9 | 57.7 | 0.003 | 81.3 | 65.2 | 0.059 | 80.4 | 80.0 | 0.962 | 81.6 | 63.0 | 0.018 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||||
| Married/cohabiting | 88.4 | 77.8 | 0.100 | 87.8 | 87.5 | 0.961 | 88.4 | 76.2 | 0.095 | 88.6 | 75.9 | 0.042 |
| Separated/divorced/other | 11.9 | 22.2 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 11.6 | 23.8 | 11.4 | 24.1 | ||||
| Age at follow-up | ||||||||||||
| ≥45 years old | 60.2 | 82.1 | 0.021 | 61.9 | 54.2 | 0.449 | 60.7 | 77.3 | 0.119 | 60.7 | 77.3 | 0.119 |
| Same partner | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 80.6 | 85.7 | 0.973 | 82.1 | 57.1 | 0.095 | 81.1 | 75.0 | 0.541 | 82.3 | 56.5 | 0.002 |
| Children | ||||||||||||
| No children | 18.8 | 42.9 | 0.017 | 20.4 | 16.7 | 0.693 | 19.9 | 27.3 | 0.159 | 19.1 | 36.7 | 0.099 |
| Biological children | 56.1 | 39.3 | 54.7 | 62.5 | 56.0 | 36.4 | 55.7 | 46.7 | ||||
| Adoptive children | 19.9 | 10.7 | 19.7 | 12.5 | 19.2 | 22.7 | 20.0 | 10.0 | ||||
| Biological and adoptive children | 5.2 | 7.1 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 4.9 | 13.6 | 5.2 | 6.7 | ||||
p Values derived from Pearson χ2 statistic with significance level <0.05.
Cut-off for each primary dimension: Yes >95th centile (severe level of symptoms); No ≤95th centile.
*Percentage of individuals exhibiting the demographic factor for each category (Yes/No).