Skip to main content

Table 4 Multivariable analysis for risk factors of acute PTSD profile

From: Post-traumatic stress disorder in parturients delivering by caesarean section and the implication of anaesthesia: a prospective cohort study

Risk factors

OR (95% CI)

P

Demographic characteristics and psycho-social factors

 Married/In couple vs Single

0.61 (0.09–4.14)

0.62

Anaesthesia-related procedure characteristics

 Poor anaesthesia information (before, during, after procedure)

2.86 (0.71–11.49)

0.13

First category of factors in PTSD model: Stressful event before or during childbirth

 Maternal prepartum intra/postpartum complications

4.66 (1.54–14.06)

<0.010

 Anaesthetic complications

4.32 (1.04–17.87)

0.04

Second category of factors in PTSD model: Subjective appraisal of birth as being possibly traumatic

 High /intermediate or low degree of dissociation during C-section (PDEQ score)

2.14 (1.08–4.25)

0.02

  1. P value <0.05 in bold