Table 3. Psychological characteristics of pregnant women attending health care service in public hospitals, southern Ethiopia, 2021.

Variables		Cases(n = 120)	Controls(n = 240)
		N%	N%
Fear of reoccurrence of bad obstetric history	Yes	19(76.0)	20(57.1)
	No	6(24.0)	15(42.9)
Perceived stress	Low stress	15(12.5)	51(21.3)
	Moderate stress	62(51.7)	130(54.2)
	Sever stress	43(35.8)	59(24.6)
Depression	Mild depression	15(12.5)	76(31.7)
	Moderate depression	45(37.5)	131(54.6)
	Moderately severe depression	53(44.2)	26(10.8)
	Severe depression	7(5.8)	7(2.9)