Table 2. Item category frequencies (%).

Item	0 = No, rarely or never	1 = No, not very often	2 = Yes, some of the time	3 = Yes, most or all of the time
1. I have (not) felt confident about taking care my child*	85.1	14.2	0.5	0.2
2. I have missed the life I had before I became pregnant with this child	45.9	26.6	27.5	0
3. I have found it hard to manage the situation when my child cries	39.7	34.6	23.3	2.4
4. I have (not) felt close to my child*	97.4	2.4	0.2	0
5. I have felt lonely or isolated	61.5	18.3	19.5	0.7
6. I have felt bored	67.9	21.9	10.2	0
7. I have felt unsupported	60.3	18.1	20.6	1.0
8. I have (not) felt alright about asking people for help or advice when I needed to*	61.8	32.8	5.0	0.4
9. I have felt nervous or uneasy around my child	51.3	30.6	18.1	0
10. I have been worried that something would happen to my child	15.2	25.7	54.1	5.0
11. I have been annoyed or irritated with my child	56.5	26.6	16.7	0.2
12. I worry I am not as good as other mothers	54.1	24.2	20.0	1.7
13. I have felt guilty	58.2	23.1	18.1	0.6

Notes.

^*Reversed direction of the question: 0 (Yes, most or all of the time), 1 (Yes, some of the time), 2 (No, not very often) and 3 (No, rarely or never).