Table 1 Characteristics of the sample
From: Care quality following intrauterine death in Spanish hospitals: results from an online survey
Sample | 796 |
Socio-demographic details | n (%) |
 Age at the time of the loss (years) | |
  < 30 | 125 (17.0) |
  30–34 | 364 (45.7) |
  35–39 | 228 (28.6) |
  ≥ 40 | 69 (8.7) |
 Education | |
  Lower second level or less | 144 (18.1) |
  Upper second level | 183 (23.0) |
  Third level | 496 (58.9) |
 Nationality | |
  Spanish | 755 (94.8) |
  Foreign resident | 41 (5.2) |
 Occupation | |
  Professional, technical or management | 348 (43.7) |
  Administration, commercial activity | 237 (29.8) |
  Services or manual worker | 96 (12.1) |
  Homemaker | 67 (8.4) |
  Other | 42 (5.3) |
  Not stated | 6 (0.8) |
 Marital status at the time of the loss/death | |
  Married, civil union or cohabiting | 769 (96.6) |
  Single | 22 (2.8) |
  Separated or divorced | 4 (0.5) |
  Widowed | 1 (0.1) |
 Habitat | |
  Urban | 588 (73.9) |
  Rural | 207 (26.0) |
  Not stated | 1 (0.1) |
Previous contact with a support association | Â |
 Yes (email, support groups, events) | 321 (40.4) |
 No (website only or none) | 470 (59.0) |
 Not stated | 5 (0.6) |
Pregnancy history | Â |
 Primigravida | |
  Yes | 426 (53.5) |
  No | 370 (46.5) |
 Living children before the loss | |
  Yes | 253 (31.8) |
  No | 543 (68.2) |
 Previous pregnancy loss or perinatal death | |
  Yes | 197 (24.7) |
  No | 596 (74.9) |
  Not stated | 3 (0.4) |
Details of the pregnancy and loss/death | n (%) |
 Gestational age (in weeks) | |
  16–19 | 128 (16.1) |
  20–25 | 193 (24.2) |
  26–33 | 151 (19.0) |
  ≥ 34 | 324 (40.7) |
 Type of death | |
  Spontaneous intrauterine death | 605 (76.0) |
   (Includes death during labour) | 21 |
  Termination for medical reasons | 189 (23.7) |
  Not stated | 2 (0.3) |
 Type of pregnancy | |
  Singular | 740 (93.0) |
  Multiple no survivors | 24 (3.0) |
  Multiple with survivor(s) | 32 (4.0) |
 Time between the death and completing survey | |
  ≤ 3 months | 299 (37.6) |
  4 to 12 months | 203 (25.5) |
  13 to 24 months | 119 (14.9) |
  25 to 60 months | 175 (22.0) |
 Type of hospital | |
  Public | 593 (74.5) |
  Private | 203 (25.5) |