From: Validity of the posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) checklist in pregnant women
Characteristic | All | Diagnostic interview | PCL-C screening only | P valuea | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 3289) | (N = 633) | (N = 2656) | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Age (yr)b | 28.2 ± 6.3 | 28.2 ± 6.1 | 28.2 ± 6.3 | 0.99 | |||
Age (yr) | |||||||
18–20 | 169 | 5.1 | 29 | 4.6 | 140 | 5.3 | 0.68 |
20–29 | 1836 | 55.8 | 367 | 58.0 | 1469 | 55.3 | |
30–34 | 692 | 21.0 | 128 | 20.2 | 564 | 21.2 | |
≥ 35 | 591 | 18.0 | 109 | 17.2 | 482 | 18.1 | |
Education (yr) | |||||||
≤ 6 | 143 | 4.3 | 25 | 3.9 | 118 | 4.44 | 0.75 |
7–12 | 1787 | 54.3 | 339 | 53.6 | 1448 | 54.5 | |
> 12 | 1349 | 41.0 | 267 | 42.2 | 1082 | 40.7 | |
Mestizo | 2475 | 75.3 | 481 | 76.0 | 1994 | 75.1 | 0.65 |
Married/living with a partner | 2658 | 80.8 | 518 | 81.8 | 2140 | 80.6 | 0.50 |
Employed | 1515 | 46.1 | 307 | 48.5 | 1208 | 45.5 | 0.19 |
Access to basic food | |||||||
Hard | 1630 | 49.6 | 302 | 47.7 | 1328 | 50.0 | 0.31 |
Not very hard | 1657 | 50.4 | 331 | 52.3 | 1326 | 49.9 | |
Difficulty in paying for medical care | |||||||
Hard | 1740 | 52.9 | 316 | 49.9 | 1424 | 53.6 | 0.11 |
Not very hard | 1541 | 46.9 | 315 | 49.8 | 1226 | 46.2 | |
Nulliparous | 1609 | 48.9 | 333 | 52.6 | 1276 | 48.0 | 0.04 |
Unplanned pregnancy | 1892 | 57.5 | 352 | 55.6 | 1540 | 58.0 | 0.28 |
Gestational age at interview (wk)b | 9.3 ± 4.3 | 9.6 ± 3.4 | 9.2 ± 4.7 | 0.02 | |||
Any lifetime sexual or physical abuse by intimate partnerc | |||||||
No | 2096 | 63.7 | 442 | 69.8 | 1654 | 62.3 | <0.001 |
Yes | 1181 | 35.9 | 188 | 29.7 | 993 | 37.4 | |
Any childhood physical or sexual abused | |||||||
No | 937 | 28.5 | 190 | 30.0 | 747 | 28.1 | 0.38 |
Yes | 2308 | 70.2 | 436 | 68.9 | 1872 | 70.5 |