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Table 5 Inpatient hospital contact of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), by subsequent psychiatric disorders or substance abuse after 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
Newly diagnosed psychiatric disorder after bereavement
 No 1047 1.07 (1.00–1.15) 3202 1.21 (1.07–1.37) 113 0.85 (0.68–1.05)
 Yes 74 2.95 (2.32–3.69) 116 2.09 (1.65–2.62) 61 12.0 (9.00–15.7)
Newly diagnosed substance abuse after bereavement
 No 1160 1.14 (1.06–1.21) 3472 1.26 (1.11–1.42) 150 1.06 (0.87–1.29)
 Yes 18 5.12 (3.10–7.87) 30 3.56 (2.36–5.16) 56 76.5 (56.9–100.93)
  1. Notes:
  2. Bereaved women with preexisting psychiatric disorders were excluded from this analysis
  3. 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
  4. CI confidence interval, HBV hepatitis B virus, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, IRR incidence rate ratio, N number
  5. 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
  6. a Negative binomial regression was used due to over-dispersed Poisson regression
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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