Descriptive statistics, chi-square results and independent sample t-test statistics of categorical variables comparing women with and without perinatal loss, N = 57
| Variable | Women with perinatal loss (n = 22) | Women without perinatal loss (n = 35) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | %, Mean (SD) | n | %, Mean (SD) | χ2, t | |
| Marital status | 22 | 100.00 | 32 | 91.43 | 1.48 |
| In a relationship | 21 | 95.45 | 32 | 100.00 | |
| Not in a relationship | 1 | 4.55 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Maternal ethnicity | 22 | 100.00 | 32 | 91.43 | 1.09 |
| Caucasian | 16 | 72.73 | 27 | 84.38 | |
| Not Caucasian | 6 | 27.27 | 5 | 15.63 | |
| Maternal mental health diagnosis | 22 | 100.00 | 30 | 85.71 | 0.06 |
| Never | 17 | 77.27 | 24 | 80.00 | |
| Current or history of diagnosis | 5 | 22.73 | 6 | 20.00 | |
| Infant gender | 20 | 90.91 | 34 | 97.14 | 0.50 |
| Male | 11 | 55.00 | 22 | 64.71 | |
| Female | 9 | 45.00 | 12 | 35.29 | |
| Mother’s age (years) | 22 | 31.86 (4.95) | 32 | 29.59 (4.00) | 1.86 |
| Number of other living children | 22 | 0.09 (0.29) | 31 | 0.48 (0.93) | −1.92 |
| Socio-economic status∼ | 22 | 75.82 (18.43) | 32 | 73.47 (21.35) | 0.42 |
| Time 1 – weeks’ gestation | 19 | 29.42 (2.34) | 32 | 31.30 (7.29) | −1.08 |
| Time 2 – months postpartum | 21 | 3.57 (2.31) | 35 | 5.63 (3.55) | −2.37* |
| Variable | Women with perinatal loss ( | Women without perinatal loss ( | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %, Mean (SD) | %, Mean (SD) | ||||
| Marital status | 22 | 100.00 | 32 | 91.43 | 1.48 |
| In a relationship | 21 | 95.45 | 32 | 100.00 | |
| Not in a relationship | 1 | 4.55 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Maternal ethnicity | 22 | 100.00 | 32 | 91.43 | 1.09 |
| Caucasian | 16 | 72.73 | 27 | 84.38 | |
| Not Caucasian | 6 | 27.27 | 5 | 15.63 | |
| Maternal mental health diagnosis | 22 | 100.00 | 30 | 85.71 | 0.06 |
| Never | 17 | 77.27 | 24 | 80.00 | |
| Current or history of diagnosis | 5 | 22.73 | 6 | 20.00 | |
| Infant gender | 20 | 90.91 | 34 | 97.14 | 0.50 |
| Male | 11 | 55.00 | 22 | 64.71 | |
| Female | 9 | 45.00 | 12 | 35.29 | |
| Mother’s age (years) | 22 | 31.86 (4.95) | 32 | 29.59 (4.00) | 1.86 |
| Number of other living children | 22 | 0.09 (0.29) | 31 | 0.48 (0.93) | −1.92 |
| Socio-economic status∼ | 22 | 75.82 (18.43) | 32 | 73.47 (21.35) | 0.42 |
| Time 1 – weeks’ gestation | 19 | 29.42 (2.34) | 32 | 31.30 (7.29) | −1.08 |
| Time 2 – months postpartum | 21 | 3.57 (2.31) | 35 | 5.63 (3.55) | −2.37 |
Notes:
*p ≤ 0.05, χ2 = chi-square statistic; t = independent sample t-tests t-statistic; ∼ = based on Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD) percentile rank within Australia. NB. Total numbers in each variable may not equate to the totals for each sample owing to missing data