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Published in final edited form as: J Midwifery Womens Health. 2016 Jan 15;61(1):68–76. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.12364

Table 3.

Sample Characteristics (N= 564) and Correlation of Characteristics with Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire (PDEQ) Scores Related to Labor

Demographic Characteristics	Value	Correlation (Tau-b)	P
Predisposing Factors
Age, mean (SD), y	27.12 (5.43)	.084^a	.05
Unemployed, n (%)	14.4%(81)	−.015	<.001
Childhood maltreatment history, n (%)	19.5% (110)	.116	<.001
Lifetime Posttraumatic stress disorder Diagnosis, n (%)	27.5% (155)	.225	<.001
Past Year Depression, n (%)	12.2% (69)	.126	<.001
“Trait” Dissociation, n (%)	6.7% (38)	.152	<.001
Precipitating Factors
Positive perception of Care, mean (SD)	57.85 (9.01)	−.147^a	<.001
Perception of labor as traumatic, (%) n	21.1% (119)	.191	<.001
Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire score, mean (SD)	13.77 (4.90)	-
Postnatal Mental Health Outcomes
Postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder, n (%)	5.9% (33)	.216	<.001
Postpartum Depression, n (%)	21.5% (121)	.322	<.001
Impaired bonding, n (%)	22.0% (124)	.225	<.001

Correlation calculated with Pearson R for a interval-level