Table 3.
Proportion of respondents meeting criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression, according to PDS and HADS, and severity scores, for ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage and controls
| Controls | 1 month |
3 months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All EPL | Miscarriage | Ectopic | All EPL | Miscarriage | Ectopic | ||
| Post-traumatic stress (moderate, moderate to severe, severe cases) [95% CI] |
0/20 0% [0% to 16%] |
19/69 28% [18% to 39%] |
13/53 25% [15% to 38%] |
6/16 38% [18% to 61%] |
17/44 39% [26% to 53%] |
15/33 45% [30% to 62%] |
2/11 18% [5% to 48%] |
| Mean PDS score (/51) (SD) | NA | 15.3 (9.9) | 16.1 (9.9) | 12.6 (9.7) | 11.6 (9.5) | 12.4 (9.2) | 9.1 (10.2) |
| Anxiety (moderate and severe cases) [95% CI] |
2/20 10% [3% to 30%] |
22/69 32% [22% to 44%] |
18/53 34% [23% to 47%] |
4/16 25% [10% to 50%] |
9/44 20% [11% to 35%] |
8/33 24% [13% to 41%] |
1/11 9% [2% to 38%] |
| Mean anxiety score (/21) (SD) | 6.6 (3.0) | 7.8 (4.8) | 8.1 (4.8) | 6.9 (4.7) | 6.8 (4.2) | 7.2 (4.1) | 5.6 (4.4) |
| Depression (moderate and severe cases) [95% CI] |
2/20 10% [3% to 30%] |
11/69 16% [9% to 26%] |
9/53 17% [9% to 29%] |
2/16 13% [4% to 36%] |
2/44 5% [1% to 15%] |
1/33 3% [1% to 15%] |
1/11 9% [2% to 38%] |
| Mean depression score (/21) (SD) | 3.9 (4.2) | 5.7 (4.4) | 6.0 (4.4) | 4.9 (4.6) | 4.2 (3.5) | 4.3 (3.3) | 3.7 (4.2) |
EPL, early pregnancy loss; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; NA, not available; PDS, Post-traumatic Diagnostic Scale.