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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: Sleep complaints in early pregnancy. A cross-sectional study among women attending prenatal care in general practice

 

Women with moderate or severe sleep complaints

Women without sleep complaints

χ2 -Test

(n = 277)

%

(n = 1061)

%

Test statistic

p-value

Questionnaire

 Married or cohabiting

260

93.8

1030

97 .0

6.798

0.0334

 Children living at home

153

55.2

626

59.0

1.281

0.2739

Education level:

 Primary education

90

32.5

319

30.1

12.263

0.0065

vSecondary education

74

26.7

347

32.7

  

 Higher education

42

15.2

207

19.5

  

Occupation:

 Employed

187

67.5

812

76.5

14.530

0.0058

 Student

55

19.9

142

13.4

  

 Other

13

4.7

41

3.9

  

 Unemployed

13

4.7

53

5.0

  

 Sick leave

9

3.2

13

1.2

  

Household income:

  < 39,999 EUR

46

16.6

119

11.2

12.681

0.0129

 40,000-79,999

90

32.5

316

29.8

  

 80,000-119,999

80

28.9

365

34.4

  

  > 120,000

19

6.9

121

11.4

  

 Do not want to answer

42

15.2

140

13.2

  

Self-rated health:

 Very good

23

8.3

172

16.2

68.090

<.0001

 Good

149

53.8

719

67.8

  

 Fair

92

33.2

154

14.5

  

 Poor

13

4.7

16

1.5

  

 Very poor

0

0.0

0

0.0

  

Self-assessed physical form / fitness:

 Very good

4

1.4

39

3.7

20.712

0.0004

 Good

60

21.7

283

26.7

  

 Fair

123

44.4

504

47.5

  

 Poor

78

28.2

220

20.7

  

 Very poor

12

4.3

15

1.4

  

History of psychological difficulties:

 Yes but I did not seek treatment

60

21.7

204

19.2

28.773

<.0001

 Yes, and I did seek treatment

113

40.8

279

26.3

  

Depression

113

40.8

112

10.6

143.577

<.0001

Anxiety

47

17.0

48

4.5

51.563

<.0001

Pregnancy Health Record

 Age:

   < 25 years

48

17.3

123

11.6

9.883

0.0196

  26–30 years

101

36.5

363

34.2

  

  31–35 years

76

27.4

373

35.2

  

  36+ years

52

18.8

202

19.0

  

 Smoking during pregnancy

18

6.5

72

6.8

0.029

1.000

 Alcohol during pregnancy

2

0.7

7

0.7

0.013

1.000

 Use of recreational drugs

1

0.4

2

0.2

0.292

0.5017

 Psychiatric disease

32

11.6

65

6.1

9.618

0.0038

 Fertility treatment

35

12.6

95

9.0

3.394

0.0689

Abortion:

Miscarriage, one spontaneous

43

19.5

125

11.8

6.570

0.1604

 Miscarriage, several times

23

8.3

78

7.4

  

 Induced abortion

53

19,2

171

16.1

  

Given birth:

 Yes, once

102

36.8

390

36.8

2.080

0.3535

 Yes, several times

41

14.8

194

18.3

  

Gestation age, weeks:

 5–10 weeks

109

40.4

435

42.1

0.2790

0.5974

 11–16 weeks

161

59.6

597

57.9

  
  1. Characteristics of all 1338 participating women and the 277 women with significant sleep problems (one or more” moderate or severe sleep complaints”)
  2. Footnote: We have missing gestation age data from 36 women. 29 of these women did not have a sleep problem and 7 women did have one. These were included in the analysis because with a high likelihood they have a gestation age less than 17 weeks