Research Article
Late-Term Elective Abortion and Susceptibility to Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
Table 3
Percentage of respondents from the early and late abortion groups meeting PTSD subscale and full scale criteria.
| Dependent variables | Early Abortion (up to 12 weaks) | Late Abortion (13–30 weaks) |
| Met DSM-IV criteria for intrusion | 82.1% | 91.8% | Met DSM-IV criteria for avoidance | 73.3% | 76.5% | Met DSM-IV criteria for hyper-arousal | 60.1% | 67.4% | Met DSM-IV criteria for PTSD generally | 52.5% | 67.4% |
|
|