Table 3.
Means and Standard Deviations for all Care Study Measures from Baseline to 9 Months
| Variable | Baseline (6 weeks) |
3 Month | 6 Months | 9 Months | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x | sd | n | x | sd | n | x | sd | n | x | sd | n | |
| EPDS | ||||||||||||
| Treatment | 12.15 | 4.7 | 66 | 9.16 | 4.4 | 62 | 8.27 | 5.2 | 62 | 7.19 | 3.8 | 62 |
| Control | 12.53 | 4.8 | 68 | 9.95 | 5.8 | 65 | 7.74 | 4.8 | 65 | 6.40 | 3.8 | 63 |
| PDSS | ||||||||||||
| Treatment | 93.26 | 22.1 | 66 | 75.30 | 24.3 | 63 | 68.39 | 25.1 | 62 | 63.55 | 22.8 | 62 |
| Control | 93.62 | 24.1 | 68 | 78.69 | 27.1 | 65 | 67.45 | 23.0 | 65 | 61.20 | 19.0 | 63 |
| NCATS | ||||||||||||
| Caregiver/Child Total | ||||||||||||
| Treatment | 45.65 | 11.8 | 65 | 49.52 | 11.4 | 61 | 51.15 | 9.1 | 62 | 53.16 | 8.3 | 62 |
| Control | 44.68 | 10.3 | 68 | 49.62 | 10.9 | 64 | 50.78 | 9.2 | 64 | 53.71 | 7.0 | 63 |
| Responsiveness Sub-scale | ||||||||||||
| Treatment | 6.17 | 2.8 | 65 | 6.52 | 2.9 | 61 | 6.66 | 2.9 | 62 | 7.44 | 3.1 | 62 |
| Control | 5.71 | 2.7 | 68 | 6.13 | 2.9 | 64 | 6.2 | 2.9 | 64 | 7.03 | 3.1 | 63 |
Note: EPDS= Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; PDSS= Postpartum Depression Screening Scale; NCATS = Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale.