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%).