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

Table 3.

 Secondary outcomes at six months for women with score ≥12 on Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) at six weeks and all women, for control group versus intervention group

Control Intervention Unadjusted Adjusted*
No of women Mean (SD) No of women Mean (SD) Difference (95% CI) P value Difference (95% CI) P value
Women with score ≥12 at six weeks (n=418):
 EPDS 147 11.3 (5.8) 271 9.2 (5.4) −2.1 (−3.4 to −0.8) 0.002 −2.1 (−3.3 to −0.9) 0.001
 CORE-OM 146 1.05 (0.69) 269 0.82 (0.62) −0.23 (−0.39 to −0.07) 0.006 −0.22 (−0.36 to −0.09) 0.001
 STATE anxiety 136 45.5 (12.5) 254 41.7 (11.8) −3.8 (−6.6 to 1.0) 0.008 −3.9 (−6.1 to −1.4) 0.003
 SF-12 MCS 142 37.8 (11.8) 263 42.3 (10.8) 4.7 (1.8 to 7.6) 0.001 5.2 (2.5 to 7.8) 0.001
 SF-12 PCS 142 54.3 (9.0) 263 53.0 (7.6) −1.4 (−3.5 to 0.7) 0.204 −1.7 (−3.6 to 0.1) 0.069
 PSI-SF total stress 106 139.6 (20.4) 211 148.9 (17.0) 9.2 (4.8 to 13.7) 0.001 9.3 (5.2 to 13.4) 0.001
All women (n=2659):
 EPDS 914 6.4 (5.2) 1745 5.5 (4.7) −1.0 (−1.5 to −0.4) 0.001 −0.8 (−1.2 to −0.4) 0.001
 CORE-OM 906 0.53 (0.53) 1736 0.45 (0.46) −0.09 (−0.15 to −0.04) 0.001 −0.07 (−0.11 to −0.03) 0.001
 STATE anxiety 858 34.3 (11.7) 1634 33.2 (10.9) −1.3 (−2.7 to −0.1) 0.042 −1.3 (−2.5 to −0.1) 0.033
 SF-12 MCS 885 47.6 (10.5) 1694 48.9 (9.5) 1.5 (0.3 to 2.6) 0.010 1.4 (0.5 to 2.3) 0.003
 SF-12 PCS 885 54.5 (6.8) 1694 54.7 (6.1) 0.2 (−0.3 to 0.7) 0.469 0.0 (−0.4 to 0.5) 0.871
 PSI-SF total stress 698 155.9 (16.9) 1310 157.9 (15.3) 2.1 (0.3 to 3.9) 0.021 2.3 (0.6 to 3.9) 0.007

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; PSI-SF=parenting stress index short form. Better health represented by lower score in EPDS, CORE-OM, and STATE anxiety; higher score in others

*Adjusted for six week score, living alone, history of postnatal depression, any life events.