Table 3.

Psychiatric disorders five years after childbirth among women in the two study groups

	Mode of delivery
	Caesarean section on maternal request n (%)	Other delivery a n (%)	P
Any psychiatric disorder
Yes	113 (11.2)	3494 (5.5)	<0.001
No	896 (88.8)	60,331 (94.5)
Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use
Yes	27 (2.7)	504 (0.8)	<0.001
No	982 (97.3)	63,321 (99.2)
Disorders of adult personality and behaviour
Yes	13 (1.3)	297 (0.5)	0.001**
No	996 (98.7)	63,528 (99.5)
Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors
Yes	13 (1.3)	367 (0.6)	0.003
No	996 (98.7)	63,458 (99.4)
Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence
Yes	4 (0.4)	90 (0.1)	0.059 **
No	1005 (99.6)	63,735 (99.9)
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
Yes	70 (6.9)	1993 (3.1)	<0.001
No	939 (93.1)	61,832 (96.9)
Mood disorders
Yes	61 (6.0)	1620 (2.5)	<0.001
No	948 (94.0)	62,205 (97.5)
Mental retardation
Yes	1 (0.1)	26 (0.0)	0.345**
No	1008 (99.9)	63,799 (100.0)
Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders
Yes	2 (0.2)	29 (0.0)	0.084**
No	1007 (99.8)	63,796 (100.0)
Schizophrenia, schizotypal, and delusional disorders
Yes	1 (0.1)	123 (0.2)	1.0 **
No	1008 (99.9)	63,702 (99.8)
Disorders of psychological development
Yes	2 (0.2)	24 (0.0)	0.061**
No	1007 (99.8)	63,801 (100.0)
Unspecified mental disorder
Yes	3 (0.3)	29 (0.0)	0.013**
No	1006 (99.7)	63,796 (100.0)

**Calculated by Fisher’s exact test

^aOther delivery, including: “Vaginal delivery”, “Emergency caesarean section”, “Elective caesarean section” and “Mode of delivery missing”