Table 4.
Association between pregnancy management variables and mean instrument scores
| TAB | C | p | IOL | D&E | p | 1st | 2nd | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | |||||||||
| Pregnancy decisiona (N = 154) | Method of terminationb (n = 65) | Timing of terminationb (n = 65) | |||||||
| PGS | |||||||||
| Total | 81.5 (31%) | 73.7 (19%) | 0.11 (0.09) | 79.5 | 83.6 | 0.82 | 80.3 | 81.8 | 0.89 |
| Active grief | 34.1 (52%) | 30.9 (33%) | 0.07 (0.01) | 33.3 | 34.9 | 0.84 | 33.3 | 34.3 | 0.99 |
| Difficulty coping | 23.7 (20%) | 22.6 (22%) | 0.58 (0.71) | 22.9 | 24.6 | 0.87 | 24.2 | 23.6 | 0.57 |
| Despair | 23.6 (31%) | 20.2 (18%) | 0.02 (0.06) | 23.2 | 24.1 | 0.78 | 22.9 | 23.8 | 0.76 |
| IES-R | |||||||||
| Total | 20.8 (23%) | 16.9 (18%) | 0.21 (0.44) | 20.7 | 20.9 | 0.77 | 13.0 | 22.8 | 0.13 |
| Avoidance | 6.8 | 4.3 | 0.008 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 0.52 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 0.79 |
| Intrusions | 9.4 | 8.6 | 0.61 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 0.42 | 5.5 | 10.4 | 0.07 |
| Hyperarousal | 4.7 | 4.1 | 0.77 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 0.46 | 1.4 | 5.5 | 0.07 |
| BDI-II | |||||||||
| Total | 12.3 (43%) | 9.2 (27%) | 0.046 (0.04) | 12.0 | 12.5 | 0.76 | 8.9 | 13.1 | 0.59 |
| Men | |||||||||
| Pregnancy decision (N = 105) | Method of termination (n = 47) | Timing of termination (n = 47) | |||||||
| PGS | |||||||||
| Total | 64.5 (13%) | 64.4 (9%) | 0.34 (0.49) | 67.2 | 62.4 | 0.28 | 58.8 | 66.0 | 0.13 |
| Active grief | 26.9 (15%) | 27.2 (10%) | 0.55 (0.48) | 28.0 | 26.1 | 0.31 | 22.7 | 28.0 | 0.03 |
| Difficulty coping | 19.1 (15%) | 20.3 (9%) | 0.04 (0.32) | 20.3 | 18.3 | 0.40 | 18.1 | 19.4 | 0.39 |
| Despair | 18.5 (9%) | 16.8 (7%) | 0.88 (0.99) | 19.0 | 18.1 | 0.38 | 18.0 | 18.6 | 0.42 |
| IES-R | |||||||||
| Total | 13.2 (17%) | 12.9 (10%) | 0.65 (0.32) | 14.7 | 12.2 | 0.44 | 7.6 | 14.8 | 0.009 |
| Avoidance | 5.9 | 4.2 | 0.79 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 0.61 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 0.29 |
| Intrusions | 5.2 | 6.1 | 0.28 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 0.53 | 2.2 | 6.0 | 0.0005 |
| Hyperarousal | 2.1 | 2.7 | 0.24 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.16 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.09 |
| BDI-II | |||||||||
| Total | 7.0 (21%) | 6.7 (17%) | 0.72 (0.60) | 8.8 | 5.8 | 0.80 | 3.6 | 8.0 | 0.03 |
Percent scoring in pathogenic range are shown in ().
TAB, pregnancy termination; C, pregnancy continuation; IOL, induction of labor; D&E, surgical termination; 1st, first trimester; 2nd, second trimester; PGS, Perinatal Grief Scale; IES-R, Impact of Event Scale – Revised; BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory-II.
a
P-values were adjusted for recruitment source, time since pregnancy ended and organizational religious activity.
b
P-values were adjusted for recruitment source and time since pregnancy ended.
Bold values are significant.