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.