Table 1.
Prospectively chosen parameters chosen for inclusion, subdivided into data obtained prospectively from clinical records, and data obtained from questionnaire sent 1 month after diagnosis
| Variable | All recruits | Respondents to questionnaire sent 1 month after diagnosis | ||
| All (737) | Missings | All (492) | Missings | |
| Data from clinical records | ||||
| Final diagnosis | ||||
| Miscarriage | 537 (73%) | 0 (0%) | 366 (74%) | 0 (0%) |
| Ectopic | 116 (16%) | 0 (0%) | 75 (15%) | 0 (0%) |
| Resolved PUL | 84 (11%) | 0 (0%) | 51 (10%) | 0 (0%) |
| Age (in years) | 34 (5) | 0 (0%) | 35 (5) | 0 (0%) |
| IVF this pregnancy | 50 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 38 (8%) | 0 (0%) |
| Gestation at diagnosis | 65.4 (20.0) | 130 (18%) | 66.3 (19.5) | 84 (17%) |
| Nights admission | 0.3 (0.7) | 12 (2%) | 0.3 (0.7) | 2 (0.4%) |
| Nights admission (yes vs no) | 163 (22%) | 12 (2%) | 100 (20%) | 2 (0.4%) |
| Days from first scan to diagnosis | 5.0 (7.7) | 13 (2%) | 5.1 (7.4) | 6 (1%) |
| Final management | ||||
| Medical management | 73 (10%) | 12 (2%) | 45 (9%) | 2 (0.4%) |
| Surgical management | 408 (56%) | 12 (2%) | 291 (59%) | 2 (0.4%) |
| No treatment needed | 244 (34%) | 12 (2%) | 154 (31%) | 2 (0.4%) |
| Fetal heart (misc only) | ||||
| Yes | 126 (23%) | 4 (1%) | 84 (23%) | 3 (1%) |
| No | 407 (76%) | 4 (1%) | 279 (77%) | 3 (1%) |
| Data from first questionnaire | ||||
| Highest level of education | ||||
| No formal qualifications | 6 (1%) | 233 (32%) | 6 (1%) | 0 (0%) |
| GCSEs (or equivalent) | 41 (8%) | 233 (32%) | 41 (8%) | 0 (0%) |
| A levels (or equivalent) | 52 (10%) | 233 (32%) | 50 (10%) | 0 (0%) |
| Uni degree/prof. qualif. | 278 (55%) | 233 (32%) | 271 (55%) | 0 (0%) |
| Postgraduate/PhD | 127 (25%) | 233 (32%) | 124 (25%) | 0 (0%) |
| Time taken to conceive | ||||
| Not planned | 110 (22%) | 240 (33%) | 110 (22%) | 0 (0%) |
| ≤1 year | 305 (61%) | 240 (33%) | 301 (61%) | 0 (0%) |
| >1 year | 82 (16%) | 240 (33%) | 81 (16%) | 0 (0%) |
| Psych disorder | ||||
| Currently | 21 (4%) | 236 (32%) | 20 (4%) | 3 (1%) |
| In the past | 86 (17%) | 236 (32%) | 83 (17%) | 3 (1%) |
| No | 394 (79%) | 236 (32%) | 386 (79%) | 3 (1%) |
| Any previous pregnancy loss | 264 (46%) | 162 (22%) | 182 (37%) | 0 (0%) |
| Any previous termination | 161 (23%) | 25 (3%) | 121 (25%) | 0 (0%) |
| Any previous children | 316 (44%) | 24 (3%) | 203 (41%) | 0 (0%) |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Asian | 50 | 233 (32%) | 48 | 0 (0%) |
| Black | 53 | 233 (32%) | 51 | 0 (0%) |
| Other | 53 | 233 (32%) | 52 | 0 (0%) |
| White British | 187 | 233 (32%) | 185 | 0 (0%) |
| White other | 161 | 233 (32%) | 156 | 0 (0%) |
GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education; IVF, in vitro fertilisation; PUL, pregnancy of unknown location.