Table 5.

Health service utilization at baseline^a and 17-week follow-up by treatment condition

	NetmumsHWD		TAU		p
	Mean (s.d.)	n (%)	Mean (s.d.)	n (%)
Childbirth hospital
Baseline	1.81 (3.40)	16/41 (39)	1.31 (4.46)	8/42 (19)	0.57
17-week follow-up	0.10 (0.62)	1/30 (2.4)	0.64 (3.11)	2/27 (7.4)	0.28
Maternal general health hospital
Baseline	0.05 (0.22)	2/41 (4.9)	0.17 (0.66)	4/42 (9.5)	0.28
17-week follow-up	0	0/30	0	0/27	n.a.
Infant hospital
Baseline	1.17 (3.26)	12/41 (29.3)	0.88 (2.01)	11/42 (26.2)	0.63
17-week follow-up	0.24 (0.99)	4/30 (13.3)	0.38 (1.35)	6/27 (22.2)	0.60
Mental health hospital
Baseline	0	0/41	0.05 (0.31)	1/42 (2.4)	0.11
17-week follow-up	0	0/30	0.05 (0.31)	1/27 (2.4)	0.33
Mental health out-patientb
Baseline	1.68 (4.57)	15/41 (36.6)	1.02 (3.02)	10/42 (37)	0.44
17-week follow-up	5.07 (3.34)	14/30 (46.7)	10.37 (15.76)	11/27 (40.7)	0.23
Health community service
Baseline	7.51 (7.89)	39/41 (95.1)	6.95 (6.25)	40/42 (95.2)	0.72
17-week follow-up	3.32 (3.94)	28/30 (93.3)	2.95 (3.31)	25/27 (92.6)	0.65
Antidepressant medication
Baseline	2.95 (0.77)	27/41 (65.9)	3.07 (0.75)	23/42 (59.5)	0.47
17-week follow-up	2.96 (0.76)	19/27 (70.4)	3.07 (0.75)	19/30 (63.3)	0.38

NetmumsHWD, Netmums Helping With Depression; TAU, treatment as usual; s.d., standard deviation; n.a., not applicable.

^aHealth care utilization at baseline assessed use in the previous 6 months.

^bMental health utilization was in the 6 months previously. Women were excluded from the trial if they were currently receiving mental health therapy.