Table 2.

Psychological distress, anxiety and trauma related stress reaction in mothers given preterm birth

	Mean (standard error)
	n = 29
Impact of event scale
Sum total score (0–75)	19.66 (2.00)
Sum Intrusion score (0–35)	14.00 (1.48)
Sum Avoidance score (0–40)	5.66 (0.81)
General health questionnaire
Sum GHQ Likert score (0–90)	40.10 (2.90)
Sum GHQ case score (0–30)	12.76 (1.40)
State anxiety inventory*
Sum total score (0–40)	21.45 (0.53)

*10 question version of STAI-X1.