Table 2.
Changes in household chaos across gestation (n=258).
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| Total score, mean (SD) | 25.9 (7.4) | 26.4 (8.5) | 0.49 (8.27) | .34 | ||||||||
| Category, n (%) | —b | .21 | ||||||||||
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Low (<25) | 124 (48.1) | 128 (49.6) |
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Moderate-low (25-30) | 73 (28.3) | 70 (27.1) |
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Moderate-high (31-35) | 36 (14.0) | 22 (8.5) |
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High (36-60) | 25 (9.7) | 37 (14.3) |
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| Household chaos improved or no change (n=140) | ||||||||||||
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Total score, mean (SD) | 27.9 (7.6) | 23.4 (6.2) | –4.4 (5.0) | .01c | |||||||
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Category, n (%) | — | .01c | |||||||||
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Low (<25) | 49 (35.0) | 86 (61.4) |
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Moderate-low (25-30) | 48 (34.3) | 40 (28.6) |
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Moderate-high (31-35) | 22 (15.7) | 6 (4.3) |
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High (36-60) | 21 (15.0) | 8 (5.7) |
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| Household chaos worsened (n=118) | ||||||||||||
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Total score, mean (SD) | 23.6 (6.3) | 30.0 (9.4) | 6.3 (7.4) | .01c | |||||||
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Low (<25) | 75 (63.6) | 42 (35.6) |
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Moderate-low (25-30) | 25 (21.2) | 30 (25.4) |
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Moderate-high (31-35) | 14 (11.9) | 16 (13.6) |
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High (36-60) | 4 (3.4) | 29 (24.6) |
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aComparisons between groups were conducted using the McNemar test (categorical variables) or paired t test (continuous variables).
bNot applicable.
cP<.05.