Table 3

Proportion of respondents meeting criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression, according to PDS and HADS, and severity scores, for ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage and controls

 Controls1 month3 months
All EPLMiscarriageEctopicAll EPLMiscarriageEctopic
Post-traumatic stress
(moderate, moderate to severe, severe cases)
[95% CI]
0/20
0%
[0% to 16%]
19/69
28%
[18% to 39%]
13/53
25%
[15% to 38%]
6/16
38%
[18% to 61%]
17/44
39%
[26% to 53%]
15/33
45%
[30% to 62%]
2/11
18%
[5% to 48%]
Mean PDS score (/51) (SD)NA15.3 (9.9)16.1 (9.9)12.6 (9.7)11.6 (9.5)12.4 (9.2)9.1 (10.2)
Anxiety
(moderate and severe cases)
[95% CI]
2/20
10%
[3% to 30%]
22/69
32%
[22% to 44%]
18/53
34%
[23% to 47%]
4/16
25%
[10% to 50%]
9/44
20%
[11% to 35%]
8/33
24%
[13% to 41%]
1/11
9%
[2% to 38%]
Mean anxiety score (/21) (SD)6.6 (3.0)7.8 (4.8)8.1 (4.8)6.9 (4.7)6.8 (4.2)7.2 (4.1)5.6 (4.4)
Depression
(moderate and severe cases)
[95% CI]
2/20
10%
[3% to 30%]
11/69
16%
[9% to 26%]
9/53
17%
[9% to 29%]
2/16
13%
[4% to 36%]
2/44
5%
[1% to 15%]
1/33
3%
[1% to 15%]
1/11
9%
[2% to 38%]
Mean depression score (/21) (SD)3.9 (4.2)5.7 (4.4)6.0 (4.4)4.9 (4.6)4.2 (3.5)4.3 (3.3)3.7 (4.2)
  • EPL, early pregnancy loss; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; NA, not available; PDS, Post-traumatic Diagnostic Scale.