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Table 2.

Unadjusted Linear Regression of the Association Between Patient Characteristics and Postabortion Grief, Coping, and Mental Health-Related Quality of Life

Independent variable	Dependent variable	Regression coefficient (95% CI)	p
Older age at termination	Grief^a	−0.5 (−1.1 to 0.1)	0.08
	Post-traumatic stress^b	−0.3 (−0.7 to 0.2)	0.30
	Mental health^c	0.1 (−0.3 to 0.5)	0.56
White/Caucasian	Grief	1.1 (−7.9 to 10.0)	0.81
	Post-traumatic stress	−1.6 (−9.0 to 5.7)	0.67
	Mental health	3.1 (−3.1 to 9.2)	0.33
Annual income >$90,000	Grief	−6.5 (−12.7 to −0.4)	0.04
	Post-traumatic stress	−2.9 (−8.1 to 2.3)	0.27
	Mental health	−2.5 (−7.0 to 2.0)	0.28
Graduate degree	Grief	−4.7 (−10.6 to 1.2)	0.12
	Post-traumatic stress	−5.0 (−9.8 to −0.2)	0.04
	Mental health	5.4 (1.4 to 9.5)	0.01
Living in an urban area	Grief	2.6 (−2.6 to 7.8)	0.33
	Post-traumatic stress	2.2 (−2.2 to 6.5)	0.32
	Mental health	−2.0 (5.9 to 2.0)	0.32
Termination in a state with restrictive termination laws	Grief	2.4 (−4.3 to 9.2)	0.47
	Post-traumatic stress	1.9 (−3.7 to 7.6)	0.50
	Mental health	0.8 (−4.0 to 5.5)	0.75
Higher gestational age at termination	Grief	−0.2 (−0.9 to 0.6)	0.69
	Post-traumatic stress	−0.2 (−0.8 to 0.5)	0.60
	Mental health	0.3 (−0.2 to 0.9)	0.22
Having a D&E procedure	Grief	2.4 (−4.6 to 9.4)	0.49
	Post-traumatic stress	4.8 (−1.0 to 10.6)	0.10
	Mental health	−3.7 (−8.6 to 1.3)	0.14
Higher SDM-9 score^d	Grief	−0.1 (−0.2 to 0.0)	0.02
	Post-traumatic stress	−0.1 (−0.2 to 0.0)	0.01
	Mental health	0.0 (−0.1 to 0.1)	0.51
Higher SWD score^e	Grief	−0.8 (−1.2 to −0.3)	0.002
	Post-traumatic stress	−0.4 (−0.8 to 0.0)	0.06
	Mental health	−0.1 (−0.5 to 0.2)	0.46
More days affected by pretermination HRQOL^f	Grief	0.1 (−0.2 to 0.4)	0.47
	Post-traumatic stress	0.0 (−0.2 to 0.3)	0.87
	Mental health	0.2 (0.0 to 0.4)	0.04
Higher anxiety score (STAI)^g	Grief	0.8 (0.7 to 0.9)	<0.0001
	Post-traumatic stress	0.5 (0.3 to 0.6)	<0.0001
	Mental health	0.2 (−0.1 to 0.4)	0.01
Higher depression score (PHQ-9)^h	Grief	−0.1 (−0.7 to 0.5)	0.72
	Post-traumatic stress	−0.1 (−0.6 to 0.3)	0.61
	Mental health	−0.1 (−0.5 to 0.3)	0.71
Higher self-judgment score	Grief	7.4 (5.1 to 9.4)	<0.0001
	Post-traumatic stress	4.3 (2.1 to 6.4)	<0.0001
	Mental health	2.3 (0.4 to 4.1)	0.02
Higher community condemnation score	Grief	6.1 (2.2 to 9.8)	0.02
	Post-traumatic stress	5.2 (1.9 to 8.5)	0.02
	Mental health	0.1 (−2.7 to 3.0)	0.94

^{^a}

Grief measured by PGS, range = 19–95, higher scores indicate more grief.

^{^b}

Post-traumatic stress measured by IES, range = 0–55, higher scores indicate more post-traumatic stress or poorer coping.

^{^c}

Mental health (HRQOL), range = 1–30, higher scores indicate more days of activity affected by poor mental health.

^{^d}

SDM-9, range = 0–100, higher scores indicate higher shared decision-making.

^{^e}

SWD, range = 6–30, higher scores indicate higher satisfaction.

^{^f}

Mental health (HRQOL), range = 1–30, higher scores indicate more days of activity affected by poor mental health.

^{^g}

STAI, range = 20–80, higher scores indicate more anxiety.

^{^h}

PHQ-9, range = 0–27, higher scores indicate more depression.

p < 0.05.