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

Table 5.

 Secondary outcomes at 12 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
Score ≥12 at six weeks:
 EPDS 94 10.6 (6.2) 167 8.1 (5.6) −2.5 (−4.3 to −0.9) 0.003 −2.4 (−4.1 to −0.7) 0.005
 CORE-OM 94 1.00 (0.68) 167 0.75 (0.62) −0.26 (−0.44 to −0.08) 0.005 −0.21 (−0.38 to −0.04) 0.015
 STATE anxiety 93 45.0 (13.2) 162 40.7 (12.6) −4.3 (−8.1 to −0.7) 0.019 −4.2 (−7.8 to −0.5) 0.025
 SF-12 MCS 92 40.8 (10.9) 161 44.9 (10.9) 4.1 (1.3 to 6.9) 0.004 3.8 (1.0 to 6.6) 0.008
 SF-12 PCS 92 54.1 (7.5) 161 53.9 (7.0) −0.2 (−2.0 to 1.7) 0.857 −0.4 (−2.0 to 1.3) 0.650
 PSI-SF total stress 90 140.7 (21.4) 156 148.7 (19.2) 8.0 (3.1 to 13.0) 0.001 8.1 (3.6 to 12.6) 0.001
All women:
 EPDS 593 5.9 (5.2) 1118 5.0 (4.6) −0.9 (−1.5 to −0.3) 0.002 −0.7 (−1.1 to −0.2) 0.003
 CORE-OM 593 0.51 (0.53) 1120 0.42 (0.46) −0.09 (−0.16 to −0.04) 0.001 −0.07 (−0.12 to −0.03) 0.001
 STATE anxiety 580 33.7 (11.7) 1097 32.4 (10.7) −1.5 (−2.7 to −0.2) 0.019 −1.4 (−2.5 to −0.2) 0.020
 SF-12 MCS 579 48.7 (9.8) 1099 49.9 (9.2) 1.1 (0.2 to 2.0) 0.013 0.9 (0.1 to 1.6) 0.022
 SF-12 PCS 579 55.0 (6.4) 1099 55.0 (6.0) 0.0 (−0.6 to 0.8) 0.834 −0.2 (−0.8 to 0.5) 0.590
 PSI-SF total stress 558 155.6 (17.1) 1055 157.0 (15.6) 1.43 (−0.4 to 3.0) 0.137 1.1 (−0.3 to 2.7) 0.123

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.