Table 1.
Baseline patient participant demographic, clinical and psychosocial characteristics according to miscarriage management received.
| Characteristics (n=55) | Expectant (n=2) |
Medical (n=19) |
Surgical (n=34) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 35 (35-36) | 29 (19-41) | 33 (18-44) | |
| Race | Black | 2 (100) | 10 (53) | 15 (44) |
| White | 0 (0) | 7 (37) | 14 (41) | |
| Other/missing | 0 (0) | 2 (10) | 5 (15) | |
| Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic | 2 (100) | 18 (95) | 33 (97) |
| Hispanic | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 1 (3) | |
| Married or cohabiting | No | 2 (100) | 10 (53) | 11 (32) |
| Yes | 0 (0) | 9 (47) | 23 (68) | |
| Education | <=High school | 1 (50) | 10 (53)* | 7 (21) |
| >=Some college | 1 (50) | 9 (47)* | 27 (79) | |
| Monthly income >$1200 | No | 1 (50) | 12 (63)** | 10 (30) |
| Yes | 1 (50) | 7 (37)** | 24 (70) | |
| Gravidity (current) | 1 | 0 (0) | 6 (32) | 6 (18) |
| 2+ | 2 (100) | 13 (68) | 28 (82) | |
| Parity | 0 | 0 (0) | 9 (47) | 13 (38) |
| 1+ | 2 (100) | 10 (53) | 21 (62) | |
| Spontaneous abortions | 0 | 0 (0) | 14 (74) | 21 (62) |
| (previous) | 1+ | 2 (100) | 5 (26) | 13 (38) |
| Induced abortions | 0 | 0 (0) | 13 (68) | 21 (62) |
| 1+ | 2 (100) | 6 (32) | 13 (38) | |
| Depressed | No (<16)1 | 0 (0) | 3 (16)* | 15 (45) |
| Yes (>=16)1 | 2 (100) | 16 (84)* | 18 (55) | |
| Anxiety | No (<16)2 | 0 (0) | 12 (63) | 21 (64) |
| Yes (>=16)2 | 2 (100) | 7 (37) | 13 (36) | |
| Stress | No (<13.7)3 | 0 (0) | 4 (21) | 12 (36) |
| Yes (>=13.7)3 | 2 (100) | 15 (79) | 21 (64) | |
| PTSD symptoms | No | 0 (0) | 15 (79) | 25 (78) |
| Yes | 2 (100) | 4 (21) | 7 (22) |
Median and range or n (%) are shown,
1
CES-D score
2
Beck Anxiety Inventory
3
Perceived Stress Scale. Medical vs. Surgery
*
p<0.05 Chi squared test
**
p<0.01 Kruskal-Wallis rank test.