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Characteristics at T1 of women participating in the study. Statistically significant differences between the two groups are shown. |
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| Women with miscarriage, n = 40. (Scored '1') |
Women with induced abortion, n = 80. (Scored '2') |
Point biserial r/χ2 |
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| At T1 (10 days after the event) |
Mean (95% CI) |
Mean (95% CI) |
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| Age (years) |
30.1 (28.2–31.9) |
27.7 (26.2–29.3) |
r = -0.17, n.s. |
| Length of pregnancy (weeks) |
10.5 (9.4–11.5) |
9.6 (9.3–9.9) |
r = -0.18, n.s. |
| Number of previous induced abortions |
0.3 (0.1–0.5) |
0.3 (0.2–0.4) |
r = -0.02, n.s. |
| Number of previous miscarriages |
0.4 (0.2–0.6) |
0.4 (0.2–0.6) |
r = 0.02, n.s. |
| Number of children |
0.8 (0.5–1.0) |
1.2 (0.9–1.4) |
r = 0.19* |
| Marital status |
χ2 = 15.38*** |
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| Married |
42.5% |
21.3% |
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| Cohabitant |
50.0% |
37.5% |
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| Not married/cohabitant |
7.5% |
41.3% |
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| Education |
χ2 = 5.42, n.s.. |
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| Comprehensive school up to 16 years of age |
10.0% |
15.0% |
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| Comprehensive school up to 19 years of age |
15.0% |
31.3% |
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| Vocational education |
47.5% |
31.3% |
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| University education |
27.5% |
22.5% |
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| Vocational activity |
χ2 = 10.34* |
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| Still in education |
2.5% |
21.3% |
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| Regular employment |
75.0% |
50.0% |
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| Temporary employment |
5.0% |
11.3% |
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| Working at home |
10.0% |
8.8% |
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| Other |
7.5% |
8.8% |
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| Religious faith |
χ2 = 5.05, n.s. |
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| Christian, the faith is of minor importance |
80.0% |
71.3% |
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| Christian, the faith is of great importance |
12.5% |
6.3% |
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| Agnostic or humanistic ethicist |
5.0% |
17.5% |
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| Muslim or other |
2.5% |
5.0% |
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| Former psychiatric health |
χ2 = 3.63, n.s. |
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| Good |
65.0% |
47.5% |
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| Medium |
15.0% |
17.5% |
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| Previous psychiatric problems |
20.0% |
35.0% |
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χ2 (Pearson's χ2) = for pregnancy termination group by nominal variable r (Pearson's r, t-test) = for pregnancy termination type by continuous variables *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. | |||
Broen et al. BMC Medicine 2005 3:18 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-3-18 |
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