Table 5.
Instrument items endorsed significantly more often by participants who terminated or continueda
| Terminated |
Continued |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
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| p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | OR | |
| PGS | ||||||||
| It is painful to recall memories of the loss. | <0.0001 | 4.01 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| I get upset when I think about the baby. | 0.0001 | 3.61 | 0.03 | 2.61 | – | – | – | – |
| I cry when I think about him/her. | 0.047 | 1.91 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| I feel guilty when I think about the baby. | <0.0001 | 3.54 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| I feel physically ill when I think about the baby. | 0.0003 | 3.49 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| I feel as though I am just existing and not really living since he/she died. | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.04 | 2.89 |
| It feels great to be alive. | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.04 | 2.52 |
| IES-R | ||||||||
| I avoided letting myself get upset when I thought about it or was reminded of it. | 0.03 | 2.04 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| I stayed away from reminders about it. | 0.03 | 2.25 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pictures about it popped into my mind. | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.008 | 3.27 |
| I tried not to think about it. | 0.006 | 2.73 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| My feelings about it were kind of numb. | 0.048 | 1.98 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| I tried to remove it from my memory. | 0.03 | 3.07 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| I felt watchful and on guard. | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.04 | 3.53 |
| I tried not to talk about it. | 0.01 | 2.72 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| BDI-II | ||||||||
| Guilty feelings | 0.03 | 2.20 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Self-dislike | 0.02 | 2.36 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Self-criticalness | 0.005 | 2.66 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Crying | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.02 | 3.47 |
| Loss of interest | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.03 | 3.15 |
| Concentration difficulty | 0.006 | 2.69 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
OR, odds ratio; PGS, Perinatal Grief Scale; IES-R, Impact of Event Scale – Revised; BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory-II.
Only significant associations are reported. Associations that were not significant are marked with (−).
a
P-values were adjusted for recruitment source, time since pregnancy ended and organizational religious activity.