. 2009 May 1;32(5):599–606. doi: 10.1093/sleep/32.5.599

Table 6.

Maternal Mood for Infants and Toddlers (POMS)

Variable	Baseline	Week 2	Week 3	ANOVA
Variable	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	F	P
Infants
Tension^{^}
Control	7.4 (4.89)	7.0 (5.01)	5.7 (3.99)	2.73	0.07
Intervention^a	8.4 (5.28)	5.4 (3.57)	4.2 (3.44)	34.83***	< 0.001
Depression^{^}
Control	4.9 (5.97)	4.3 (5.01)	3.4 (4.63)	1.54	0.22
Intervention^a	6.2 (7.22)	2.9 (5.63)	1.7 (2.77)	22.69***	< 0.001
Anger^{^}
Control	4.9 (3.79)	4.7 (4.53)	3.5 (3.65)	2.08	0.13
Intervention^a	5.9 (5.89)	2.7 (3.20)	2.0 (3.12)	31.49***	< 0.001
Fatigue^{^}
Control	8.0 (5.57)	7.4 (5.68)	5.7 (4.72)	3.78	0.02
Intervention^a	9.9 (6.20)	5.4 (4.79)	4.1 (4.53)	43.79***	< 0.001
Vigor⁺
Control	13.6 (6.60)	13.6 (7.31)	13.9 (7.70)	0.03	0.97
Intervention^a	12.3 (6.06)	15.0 (5.59)	16.0 (6.21)	14.26***	< 0.001
Confusion^{^}
Control	5.7 (3.95)	5.2 (3.72)	4.5 (3.60)	1.97	0.14
Intervention^a	6.0 (4.10)	3.9 (2.76)	3.2 (2.56)	27.57***	< 0.001
Toddlers
Tension^{^}
Control	8.2 (5.22)	8.1 (5.35)	6.9 (4.93)	1.27	0.28
Intervention^a	8.9 (5.10)	6.5 (4.15)	5.7 (4.49)	17.34***	< 0.001
Depression^{^}
Control	5.9 (8.51)	5.0 (7.87)	4.4 (8.32)	0.54	0.59
Intervention^a	5.6 (6.92)	3.7 (5.38)	3.1 (6.13)	5.90***	0.003
Anger^{^}
Control	5.8 (5.85)	4.9 (5.16)	4.4 (5.95)	0.96	0.39
Intervention^a	6.2 (5.43)	4.3 (4.80)	3.6 (4.94)	9.19***	< 0.001
Fatigue^{^}
Control	8.7 (5.65)	7.5 (4.95)	7.1 (5.81)	1.51	0.22
Intervention^a	9.5 (5.43)	6.9 (4.86)	5.9 (5.23)	16.90***	< 0.001
Vigor⁺
Control	14.0 (5.55)	14.1 (5.84)	14.6 (5.74)	0.27	0.77
Intervention^a	13.0 (6.13)	14.2 (5.68)	14.2 (6.34)	1.70	0.18
Confusion^{^}
Control	5.6 (4.11)	5.6 (3.94)	4.8 (4.01)	0.73	0.48
Intervention^a	6.3 (3.64)	4.9 (3.08)	4.4 (2.96s)	13.46***	< 0.001

^aSignificant difference between baseline/week 2 and baseline/week 3;

^{^}Lower scores are better;

⁺Higher scores are better; POMS: Profile of Mood States; SD: standard deviation