Total cohort of women with SCI in the 2017 community SwiSCI
survey
The reproductive life stages of women were categorised according the
STRAW staging system (10) as follows: fertile age: 16-45 years;
perimenopause/early postmenopause: 46-55 years; late postmenopause I:
56-70 years; and late postmenopause II: 70+ years). Additionally, the
reproductive behaviour of women (being a mother before SCI, being a
mother after SCI, being a mother before and after SCI, being childless)
was described. Moreover, a pyramid chart was used to illustrate the
percentage of women having children after an SCI versus the percentage
of women not having children after an SCI, stratified by age at SCI.