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.