Table 1.
Psychosocial Characteristics of Recovered Depression and Sustained Depression Participants
| Continuous predictor variables | RD Mean (SD) | SD Mean (SD) | t | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDI-II | 13.19 (3.6) | 18.88 (7.6) | 2.8 | 0.008** |
| Age | 32 (4) | 29 (5) | 1.93 | 0.061 |
| Number of children | .81 (.8) | .95 (.7) | −0.54 | 0.593 |
| Number of pregnancies | 3.6 (2) | 2.5 (1) | 2.01 | 0.053 |
| FRS | 124 (16) | 117 (17) | 1.10 | 0.279 |
| FSS | 30.7 (12) | 24.1 (11) | 1.68 | 0.102 |
| LE | 2.7 (2) | 4.6 (3) | −1.97 | 0.057 |
| DOL (postpartum) | ||||
| Household tasks | 3.9 (1) | 3.1 (2) | 1.41 | 0.166 |
| Child care tasks | 5.3 (2) | 3.9 (3) | 1.94 | 0.060 |
| IRQ | ||||
| Love | 70.9 (15) | 72.5 (13) | −0.37 | 0.716 |
| Maintenance | 27.3 (6) | 27.0 (7) | 0.10 | 0.923 |
| Conflict | 21.9 (6) | 22.3 (8) | −0.14 | 0.888 |
| Ambivalence | 13.0 (8) | 13.1 (6) | −0.04 | 0.968 |
| Nominal predictor variables | RD % | SD % | p (FET) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychotropic medications | 25 | 38 | 0.503 | |
| Psychotherapy utilization | 44 | 62 | 0.331 | |
| Percent Caucasian | 69 | 83 | 0.444 | |
| Tobacco use | 7 | 33 | 0.104 | |
| Percent married/cohabitating | 100 | 72 | 0.031* | |
| Lifetime depression | 53 | 81 | 0.141 | |
| Past postpartum depressiona | 25 | 75 | 0.020* |
| Ordinal predictor variables | RD % | SD % | U | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | 121.5 | 0.689 | ||
| Very low (<$25,000) | 7 | 0 | ||
| Low ($25,000–49,999) | 7 | 26 | ||
| Moderate ($45,000–64,999) | 14 | 11 | ||
| High (>$65,000) | 71 | 63 | ||
| Exercise frequency | 95.0 | 0.046* | ||
| Never | 0 | 0 | ||
| Less than once a week | 7 | 38 | ||
| 1–3 days a week | 53 | 43 | ||
| 4–6 days a week | 33 | 19 | ||
| Every day | 7 | 0 |
The Division of Labor (DOL) scale was collected postpartum. All other reported statistics are based on data collected during pregnancy.
a
Parous pregnant women only.
*
p<0.05; **p<0.01.
BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory-II; FET, Fisher's exact test, two-sided; FRS, Family Resource Scale; FSS, Family Support Scale; IRQ, Intimate Relations Questionnaire; LE, Life Events stress subscale; RD, recovered depressive symptoms; SD, sustained depressive symptoms; (SD), standard deviation.