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. 2009 Jan 15;338:a3045. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a3045

Table 1.

 Baseline characteristics of women with score ≥12 on Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) at six weeks postnatally and all consented women who returned questionnaire at six weeks and six months, for intervention group (specially trained health visitors) versus control group (usual care). Figures are means (SD) or numbers (percentages) of women

Women with six week EPDS score ≥12 (n=418) All women (n=2659)
Control Intervention All Control Intervention All
Age (years):
 No of women 147 271 418 913 1745 2658
 Mean (SD) 30.6 (5.5) 31.0 (5.4) 30.9 (5.4) 32.0 (5.1) 31.3 (5.0) 31.5 (5.1)
Age (years) at birth of first child:
 No of women 145 265 410 889 1714 2603
 Mean (SD) 27.5 (6.0) 27.4 (5.8) 27.4 (5.8) 29.0 (5.3) 28.0 (5.3) 28.4 (5.3)
No of other children:
 No of women 147 271 418 914 1745 2659
 Mean (SD) 0.7 (1.0) 0.8 (0.9) 0.8 (0.9) 0.7 (0.8) 0.7 (0.9) 0.7 (0.9)
EPDS score at six weeks:
 No of women 147 271 418 914 1745 2659
 Mean (SD) 15.4 (3.2) 15.1 (2.9) 15.2 (3.0) 6.8 (5.0) 6.6 (4.8) 6.7 (4.8)
CORE-OM score at six weeks:
 No of women 146 269 415 906 1735 2641
 Mean (SD) 1.40 (0.50) 1.35 (0.49) 1.37 (0.49) 0.55 (0.51) 0.51 (0.49) 0.52 (0.50)
SF-12 MCS score at six weeks:
 No of women 143 265 408 888 1719 2607
 Mean (SD) 29.4 (9.2) 29.1 (8.0) 29.2 (8.4) 42.7 (9.5) 42.9 (9.3) 42.9 (9.4)
SF-12 PCS score at six weeks:
 No of women 143 265 408 888 1719 2607
 Mean (SD) 48.5 (10.9) 50.1 (9.4) 49.6 (10.0) 50.5 (8.7) 51.4 (8.0) 51.1 (8.3)
Twin births 2/147 (1.4) 3/270 (1.1) 5/417 (1.2) 5/833 (0.6) 19/1727 (1.1) 24/2560 (0.9)
Living alone with no adults 7/146 (4.8) 19/269 (7.1) 26/415 (6.3) 31/912 (3.4) 58/1706 (3.3) 89/2618(3.4)
History of major life events 73/145 (50.3) 152/269 (56.5) 225/419 (54.3) 368/906 (40.6) 715/1735 (41.2) 1083/2641 (41.0)
White ethnicity 133/147 (90.5) 257/271 (94.8) 390/418 (93.3) 871/914 (95.3) 1686/1744 (96.6) 2557/2658 (96.2)
English first language 136/147 (92.5) 266/271 (98.2) 402/418 (96.2) 877/914 (96.0) 1699/1744 (97.4) 2576/2658 (96.9)

CORE-OM=clinical outcomes in routine evaluation-outcome measure; SF-12 MCS=short form 12 mental component summary; SF-12 PCS=short form 12 physical component summary. Better health represented by lower EPDS and CORE-OM score and higher SF-12 PCS and SF-12 MCS score.