Meta-analysis
The pooled incidence of PTSD after traumatic childbirth is presented in
Figure 2. In the included nine studies[22-30], the
incidence of PTSD following traumatic childbirth ranged from 5.7% to
36.7%, and the highest incidence of PTSD in
Iran[25] was 36.7% (95% CI:
30.3%~43.5%). The pooled incidence of PTSD after
traumatic childbirth was 19.2% (95% CI:
11.9%~26.5%).