Table 4.
Possible clinical depression scores.
Dichotomous Score for Clinical Depression | Treatment | Control | Full Sample | |||
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N | Percent | N | Percent | N | Percent | |
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Not depressed (0) | 212 | 87.97 | 214 | 84.25 | 426 | 86.06 |
Depressed (1) | 29 | 12.03 | 40 | 15.75 | 69 | 13.94 |
Total | 241 | 100 | 254 | 100 | 495 | 100 |
Notes:
T=Treatment; C=Control.
Dichotomous score for clinical depression was calculated using sum scores from the Maternal Depression Scale that contained all of the items from the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (Radloff, 1977). Sum scores calculated using guidelines from (Lewinsohn et al., 1997). A score of 0 was given if sum scores less than 16. A score of 1 given if sum scores equal to or greater than 16.