Fear of childbirth and psychiatric disorders decrease the likelihood of subsequent births: a retrospective register-based cohort study

Table 2 Second births and diagnosis of a fear of childbirth or psychiatric disorders

	Second birth		p value
	n	%	p value
Diagnosis of FOC^a	5 726	47.5	< 0.001
No diagnosis of FOC^a	211 245	69.0
F-dg^b before or during first pregnancy	19 540	56.8	< 0.001
No F-dg^b before or during first pregnancy	196 980	69.9
F-dg^b following first delivery	5 514	53.4	< 0.001
No F-dg^b following first delivery	211 007	68.8
Both F-dg^b before or during first pregnancy and FOC^a	1 252	40.8	< 0.001
Diagnosis of FOC^a with no F-dg before or during first pregnancy^b	4 024	50.0
Both F-dg^b following delivery and FOC^a	241	43.8	0.076
Diagnosis of FOC^a with no F-dg after first delivery^b	5 035	47.7
Neither diagnosis of FOC^a nor F-dg^b	191 572	70.2

^aDiagnosed with a fear of childbirth during the first pregnancy (ICD-10 code O99.80)
^bDiagnosed with a psychiatric disorder (ICD-10 codes F00-F99)

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