Table 4.

Mood and Behavioral Measures by Term Status^†

	Full-term (n=284)	Preterm (n=217)	p-value	Effect Size
Mood: POMS t-scores *
Tension	45.1 ± 6.7	44.7 ± 7.4	0.51	0.06
Depression	45.4 ± 6.5	45.4 ± 7.4	0.96	0.00
Anger	44.2 ± 7.1	44.0 ± 7.2	0.73	0.03
Vigor (higher is better)	38.5 ± 8.0	40.9 ± 9.0	0.002	0.29
Fatigue	45.2 ± 8.0	42.8 ± 7.3	<0.001	0.31
Confusion	48.6 ± 7.0	47.5 ± 7.3	0.10	0.15
Total mood disturbance	48.1 ± 6.3	46.9 ± 7.1	0.04	0.19
Behavior: CBCL t-scores *
Total Competence (higher is better)	47.9 + 11.0	46.0 + 11.1	0.08	0.17
Total Problems	45.3 ± 11.4	46.7 + 11.4	0.20	0.12
Externalizing	46.6 ± 10.2	46.6 + 10.3	0.98	0.00
Internalizing	46.6 ± 10.4	48.7 ± 11.0	0.03	0.20

^*higher scores are worse unless otherwise indicated

^†Mean ± SD and Cohen’s D effect size shown.