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Table 4 Effects of perinatal deaths and social consequences on psychological distress after six months of childbirth

From: Psychological and social consequences among mothers suffering from perinatal loss: perspective from a low income country

Exposurea

Adjusted odds ratios

Wald

95% confidence Intervals

Significance level

Pvalue

Perinatal death

0.45

3.59

0.20-1.03

0.06

Depression at 6 weeks postpartum

3.65

13.91

1.85-7.21

< 0.001

Negative life change

1.29

0.34

0.55-2.99

0.56

Worse relationship with marital family

1.93

1.58

0.69-5.42

0.21

Worse relationship with community

0.62

0.29

0.11-3.53

0.59

Worse relationship with husband

3.89

6.50

1.37-11.04

0.01

Not valued in marital family

1.42

0.99

0.71-2.84

0.32

Felt guilty as a result of last pregnancy

2.61

6.04

1.22-5.63

0.01

  1. a Adjusted for age, education, family structure, residential areas and asset quintiles.