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Table 3 Inpatient hospital contact of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), by causes, types, and recentness of bereavement

From: Sexually transmitted infections after bereavement – a population-based cohort study

 

Any STI

Acute salpingitis

HIV/HBV

 

N

IRR (95 % CI)

N

IRR (95 % CI) a

N

IRR (95 % CI)

No bereavement

5903

1.0

11361

1.0

555

1.0

Type of bereavement

 Loss of a child

26

1.05 (0.69–1.51)

119

1.35 (1.03–1.76)

8

2.24 (1.01–4.22)

 Loss of a spouse

28

1.81 (1.21–2.57)

94

1.48 (1.11–1.98)

18

6.88 (4.11–10.8)

 Loss of a parent

924

1.13 (1.04–1.21)

2779

1.25 (1.10–1.42)

194

1.67 (1.39–2.00)

 Loss of a sibling

210

1.24 (1.08–1.42)

548

1.41 (1.21–1.65)

37

1.83 (1.28–2.52)

Cause of bereavement

 Due to self-harm

160

1.16 (0.99–1.35)

510

1.54 (1.31–1.80)

42

2.49 (1.78–3.37)

 Due to other injury

92

1.21 (0.98–1.48)

251

1.38 (1.14–1.66)

26

2.75 (1.80–4.00)

 Due to cancer

314

1.09 (0.97–1.23)

935

1.18 (1.02–1.36)

59

1.36 (1.02–1.79)

 Due to non-cancer diseases

622

1.18 (1.08–1.29)

1844

1.31 (1.15–1.50)

130

1.73 (1.40–2.12)

Time since bereavement

 First year

262

1.45 (1.27–1.65)

699

1.49 (1.25–1.79)

23

1.57 (0.99–2.37)

 2–4 years

564

1.08 (0.98–1.18)

1628

1.16 (1.00–1.34)

74

1.70 (1.30–2.19)

  ≥ 5 years

362

1.07 (0.96–1.20)

1217

1.30 (1.13–1.51)

160

1.85 (1.51–2.25)

  1. Notes:
  2. The first hospital visit concerning an STI diagnosis during the unexposed follow-up and the first hospital visit concerning an STI diagnosis during the exposed follow-up were both counted in all analyses
  3. CI confidence interval, HBV hepatitis B virus, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, IRR incidence rate ratio, N number, STIs sexually transmitted infections
  4. IRR was adjusted for attained age (10–12, 13–15, 16–18, 19–21, 22–25, 26–29, 30–34, 35–39, and 40–44), calendar years (5-year group), and parental education levels (low/missing, medium, and high) as a proxy for socioeconomic status
  5. a Negative binomial regression was used due to over-dispersed Poisson regression