Table 3 Psychiatric disorders five years after childbirth among women in the two study groups
Mode of delivery | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Caesarean section on maternal request n (%) | Other delivery a n (%) | P | |
Any psychiatric disorder | |||
Yes | 113 (11.2) | 3494 (5.5) | <0.001 |
No | 896 (88.8) | 60,331 (94.5) | |
Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use | |||
Yes | 27 (2.7) | 504 (0.8) | <0.001 |
No | 982 (97.3) | 63,321 (99.2) | |
Disorders of adult personality and behaviour | |||
Yes | 13 (1.3) | 297 (0.5) | 0.001** |
No | 996 (98.7) | 63,528 (99.5) | |
Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors | |||
Yes | 13 (1.3) | 367 (0.6) | 0.003 |
No | 996 (98.7) | 63,458 (99.4) | |
Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence | |||
Yes | 4 (0.4) | 90 (0.1) | 0.059 ** |
No | 1005 (99.6) | 63,735 (99.9) | |
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders | |||
Yes | 70 (6.9) | 1993 (3.1) | <0.001 |
No | 939 (93.1) | 61,832 (96.9) | |
Mood disorders | |||
Yes | 61 (6.0) | 1620 (2.5) | <0.001 |
No | 948 (94.0) | 62,205 (97.5) | |
Mental retardation | |||
Yes | 1 (0.1) | 26 (0.0) | 0.345** |
No | 1008 (99.9) | 63,799 (100.0) | |
Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders | |||
Yes | 2 (0.2) | 29 (0.0) | 0.084** |
No | 1007 (99.8) | 63,796 (100.0) | |
Schizophrenia, schizotypal, and delusional disorders | |||
Yes | 1 (0.1) | 123 (0.2) | 1.0 ** |
No | 1008 (99.9) | 63,702 (99.8) | |
Disorders of psychological development | |||
Yes | 2 (0.2) | 24 (0.0) | 0.061** |
No | 1007 (99.8) | 63,801 (100.0) | |
Unspecified mental disorder | |||
Yes | 3 (0.3) | 29 (0.0) | 0.013** |
No | 1006 (99.7) | 63,796 (100.0) | |