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. 2013 Jul 12;13:147. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-147

Table 2.

Psychometric scores for men and women within each group, i.e. with and without fetal anomaly

 
 Fetal anomaly (N = 155)
 No fetal anomaly (N = 100)
 With and without fetal anomaly (N = 255)
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
 Men versus men
 Women versus women
 
 Men
 Women
 P-value*
 Men
 Women
 P-value*
 P-value**
 P-value**
 
 Median (min-max)
 Median (min-max)
 Cohen’s d
 Median (min-max)
 Median (min-max)
 Cohen’s d
 Cohen’s d
 Cohen’s d
  Mean (SD) Mean (SD)   Mean (SD) Mean (SD)      
GHQ sum Likert score
 19 (2–52)
 26 (8–61)
 P < 0.001
 14 (4–41)
 19 (8–57)
 P < 0.001
 P < 0.001
 P < 0.001
21.4 (9.7)
 27.6 (11.5)
 d = -0.583
 15.3 (6.1)
 19.8 (8.2)
 d = -0.623
 d = 0.753
 d = 0.780
GHQ somatisation
 5 (1–18)
 7 (0–18)
 P < 0.001
 4 (1–21)
 6 (0–16)
 P < 0.001
 P = 0.008
 P = 0.008
5.4 (3.3)
 7.4 (4.0)
 d = -0.545
 4.5 (3.4)
 6.1 (3.4)
 d = -0.471
 d = 0.269
 d = 0.350
GHQ social dysfunction
 7 (3–19)
 9 (5–17)
 P < 0.001
 7 (0–17)
 7 (3–19)
 P < 0.001
 P < 0.001
 P < 0.001
8.1 (2.5)
 9.5 (2.8)
 d = -0.527
 6.5 (2.1)
 8.1 (2.6)
 d = -0.677
 d = 0.693
 d = 0.581
GHQ anxiety
 6 (0–17)
 8 (0–18)
 P < 0.001
 3 (0–13)
 5 (0–14)
 P = 0.001
 P < 0.001
 P < 0.001
6.6 (3.7)
 8.8 (4.3)
 d = -0.548
 4.0 (2.3)
 5.4 (3.2)
 d = -0.502
 d = 0.844
 d = 0.897
GHQ depression
 0 (0–15) 1.4 (2.6)
 0 (0–16)
 P = 0.011
 0 (0–4)
 0 (0–10)
 P = 0.791
 P < 0.001
 P < 0.001
 
 1.9 (3.1)
 d = -0.175
 0.3 (0.7)
 0.4 (1.2)
 d = -0.102
 d = 0.578
 d = 0.638
GHQ sum case score
 3 (0–20) 4.6 (5.0)
 7 (0–26)
 P < 0.001
 0 (0–15)
 3 (0–20)
 P < 0.001
 P < 0.001
 P < 0.001
 
 8.0 (6.3)
 d = -0.598
 1.7 (2.7)
 4.5 (4.2)
 d = -0.793
 d = 0.722
 d = 0.654
IES intrusion
 17 (0–35)
 25 (1–35)
 P < 0.001
 6 (0–24)
 8 (0–27)
 P = 0.002
 P < 0.001
 P < 0.001
16.5 (8.7)
 22.5 (8.3)
 d = -0.706
 6.7 (5.6)
 9.4 (6.3)
 d = -0.453
 d = 1.340
 d = 1.778
IES avoidance
 7 (0–37) 9.2 (7.8)
 11 (0–34)
 P = 0.001
 0 (1–18)
 0.5 (0–26)
 P = 0.397
 P < 0.001
 P < 0.001
 
 11.3 (7.1)
 d = -0.282
 1.7 (2.9)
 2.2 (3.9)
 d = -0.145
 d = 1.275
 d = 1.589
IES arousal
 7 (0–31)
 14 (0–35)
 P < 0.001
 2 (0–12)
 3 (0–20)
 P = 0.019
 P < 0.001
 P < 0.001
9.1 (7.1)
 14.8 (9.0)
 d = -0.703
 2.6 (3.0)
 3.9 (4.2)
 d = -0.356
 d = 1.193
 d = 1.552
EPDS sum
 7 (0–24)
 12 (0–29)
 P < 0.001
 1 (0–9)
 2 (0–14)
 P < 0.001
 P < 0.001
 P < 0.001
  7.5 (5.2) 12.5 (5.9) d = -0.899 1.4 (1.9) 3.0 (2.9) d = -0.653 d = 1.558 d = 2.044

P-values and Cohen’s d are presented for the differences between men and women within each group and for each sex between the two groups.

* Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test (non parametric, related samples).

** Independent Samples Mann–Whitney U tests (non parametric, unrelated samples).

Abbreviations:

EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.

GHQ General Health Questionnaire (28 items).

IES Impact of Event Scale (22 items).