Table 1
Description of the Dutch Abortion and Mental Health Study (DAMHS) sample.
No history of MDa (n=103) History of any MD (n= 222) Total abortion sample (n= 325)
Outcome measures
Decision difficulty [n (%)]
Doubt (to large or very large extent) 21 (20.4) 84 (37.8) 105 (32.3)⁎⁎
Decision uncertainty (to large or very large extent) 8 (7.8) 23 (10.5) 31 (9.6)
Experienced pressure (to moderate, large or very large extent) 9 (8.7) 39 (17.6) 48 (14.8)⁎
Experienced burden [n (%)]
Of the unintended pregnancy (to large or very large extent) 54 (52.9) 155 (70.1) 209 (64.7)⁎
Of the abortion treatment (to large or very large extent) 27 (26.2) 89 (40.3) 116 (35.8)⁎
Postabortion emotions [mean (SDb
)]
Positive emotions scalec (2 items, range=2–10) 7.66 (2.05) 7.32 (2.24) 7.43 (2.18)
Negative emotions scaled (3 items, range=3–15) 7.73 (3.31) 8.90 (3.42) 8.53 (3.42)⁎⁎
Abortion-specific self-efficacy and coping [mean (SD)]
Self-efficacye (range=1–5) 3.60 (.98) 3.28 (1.00) 3.38 (1.00)⁎⁎
Emotion-oriented coping scale (7 items, range=7–35) 13.73 (5.35) 16.97 (6.61) 15.94 (6.41)⁎⁎⁎
Avoidance-oriented coping scale (7 items, range=7–35) 16.76 (6.88) 19.43 (6.83) 18.58 (6.95)⁎⁎
Sociodemographics and abortion-related variables
Age [mean (SD)] 31.49 (8.44) 29.03 (7.15) 29.81 (7.66)⁎⁎
Living situation [n (%)]
With partner 62 (60.2) 84 (37.8) 146 (44.9)⁎⁎⁎
Living apart together 32 (31.1) 100 (45.0) 132 (40.6)⁎
No partner (single) 9 (8.7) 38 (17.1) 47 (14.5)⁎
Unstable relationship with progenitor [n (%)] 12 (11.7) 48 (21.6) 60 (18.5)⁎
One or more children [n (%)] 67 (65.0) 108 (48.6) 175 (53.8)⁎⁎
Non-western ethnicity [n (%)] 19 (18.4) 50 (22.5) 69 (21.2)
Unemployed [n (%)] 31 (30.1) 64 (28.8) 95 (29.2)
Low household income [n (%)] 33 (34.7) 114 (51.8) 147 (46.7)⁎⁎
Education Level [n (%)]
Primary/lower secondary education 21 (20.4) 47 (21.2) 68 (20.9)
Higher secondary education 35 (34.0) 88 (39.6) 123 (37.8)
Higher professional education 47 (45.6) 87 (39.2) 134 (41.2)
Urban (not rural) residency [n (%)] 87 (84.5) 197 (88.7) 284 (87.4)
Gestational agef [mean (SD)] 7.68 (3.09) 7.79 (3.03) 7.76 (3.05)
Second trimester pregnancy terminations [n (%)] 7 (6.8) 17 (7.7) 24 (7.4)
One or more prior abortions [n (%)] 33 (32.0) 53 (23.9) 86 (26.5)