Table 5.
Unadjusted and adjusted values of general health questionnaire sum Likert score and Edinburgh postnatal depression scale sum score as dependent variables for the men in the fetal anomaly group
|
Independent variable |
Dependent variable |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
GHQ sum Likert score (N = 155) |
EPDS sum score (N = 155) |
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| |
|
Unadjusted |
Adjusted* |
Unadjusted |
Adjusted** |
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| Mean (CI) | P-value | Mean (CI) | P-value | Mean (CI) | P-value | Mean (CI) | P-value | ||
| Fetal diagnostic and prognostic classification; category 1–5 (see text, footnotes, Table 1) |
1 |
22.9 (19.8-25.9) |
0.015 |
24.8 (21.4-28.2) |
0.426 |
9.0 (7.5-10.5) |
0.001 |
9.6 (7.7-11.5) |
0.001*** |
| 2 |
21.7 (18.6-24.8) |
|
20.9 (17.6-24.3) |
|
8.4 (6.9-10.0) |
|
6.6 (4.6-8.7) |
|
|
| 3 |
21.6 (17.2-25.9) |
|
21.1 (16.7-25.6) |
|
8.6 (6.4-10.8) |
|
6.5 (3.8-9.2) |
|
|
| 4 |
19.2 (15.1-23.4) |
|
21.0 (16.5-25.5) |
|
4.1 (2.0-6.2) |
|
3.0 (0.7-5.4) |
|
|
| 5 |
20.6 (17.2-24.0) |
|
21.7 (18.2-25.2) |
|
5.9 (4.2-7.6) |
|
5.8 (3.8-7.8) |
|
|
| Paternal age (years) |
19-30 |
21.9 (19.3-24.5) |
0.230 |
23.6 (19.9-27.2) |
0.302 |
7.8 (6.4-9.2) |
0.561 |
6.9 (5.3-8.5) |
0.599 |
| 31–35 |
22.8 (20.1-25.4) |
|
22.3 (19.5-25.1) |
|
7.7 (6.2-9.1) |
|
6.3 (4.8-7.9) |
|
|
| 36-67 |
19.5 (16.7-22.3) |
|
19.9 (16.7-23.1) |
|
6.8 (5.2-8.3) |
|
5.7 (3.9-7.6) |
|
|
| Previous children |
Yes |
21.5 (19.3-23.6) |
0.964 |
22.1 (19.6-24.5) |
0.872 |
7.4 (6.2-8.6) |
0.887 |
6.5 (5.1-7.8) |
0.739 |
| No |
21.5 (19.3-23.8) |
|
21.8 (19.2-24.3) |
|
7.5 (6.3-8.7) |
|
6.2 (4.7-7.6) |
|
|
| Education |
≤Junior college |
22.0 (19.8-24.1) |
0.516 |
22.7 (20.3-25.1) |
0.353 |
7.7 (6.6-8.9) |
0.487 |
6.1 (4.7-7.4) |
0.568 |
| >Junior college |
20.9 (18.6-23.2) |
|
21.1 (18.6-23.7) |
|
7.1 (5.9-8.4) |
|
6.6 (5.2-8.0) |
|
|
| Gestational age at inclusion (weeks) |
<18 |
19.8 (16.5-23.1) |
0.556 |
20.5 (16.9-24.2) |
0.502 |
5.9 (4.1-7.6) |
0.136 |
4.8 (2.6-6.9) |
0.123 |
| 18–22 |
21.8 (19.7-24.0) |
|
22.9 (20.4-25.5) |
|
8.0 (6.8-9.1) |
|
6.6 (5.3-7.9) |
|
|
| >22 |
21.9 (18.8-24.9) |
|
22.2 (19.1-25.4) |
|
7.8 (6.1-9.4) |
|
7.6 (5.9-9.3) |
|
|
| Time interval from suspicion of fetal anomaly to assessment (days) |
0-2 |
20.6 (18.4-22.8) |
0.143 |
20.3 (17.9-22.7) |
0.157 |
7.4 (6.2-8.6) |
0.784 |
6.4 (5.0-7.7) |
0.880 |
| 3–6 |
20.8 (18.2-23.5) |
|
20.6 (17.7-23.5) |
|
7.2 (5.8-8.6) |
|
6.0 (4.4-7.6) |
|
|
| ≥7 | 24.7 (21.1-28.3) | 24.8 (20.8-28.9) | 8.0 (6.1-10.0) | (4.5-8.6) | |||||
Abbreviations:
CI Confidence interval 95%, EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, GHQ General Health Questionnaire.
The analyses are performed using ANOVA (Analysis of variance) in the group of men in the study group (with fetal anomaly).
* Interaction: Paternal age* Time interval from suspicion of fetal anomaly to inclusion, P = 0.016.
** Interaction: Fetal diagnostic and prognostic classifications* Gestational age at inclusion, P = 0.017; Paternal age* Previous children, P = 0.023.
*** Tukey Honestly Significant Difference (Tukey HSD) test: test: significant difference between category 4 and 1, P = 0.001; 4 and 2, P = 0.007; 4 and 3, P = 0.021.