Table 2.
Characteristics of women receiving support, advice and/or treatment for mental health problems in pregnancy
| If mental health problem identified in pregnancy, woman received…. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support | Advice | Treatment | ||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Age of mother | ||||||
| 16–19 (10) | 6 | 60.0 | 6 | 60.0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| 20–24 (53) | 32 | 60.4 | 35 | 66.0 | 15 | 31.3 |
| 25–29 (107) | 79 | 73.8 | 82 | 73.9 | 40 | 46.5 |
| 30–34 (83) | 56 | 67.5 | 63 | 74.1 | 36 | 50.0 |
| 35–39 (46) | 33 | 71.7 | 32 | 72.7 | 20 | 55.6 |
| 40+ (14) | 8 | 57.1 | 11 | 61.1 | 5 | 41.7 |
| Total (313) | 214 | 68.4 | 229 | 71.3 | 119 | 45.2 |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (quintile) | ||||||
| 1 (least deprived) (36) | 29 | 80.6 | 33 | 80.5 | 15 | 46.9 |
| 2 (45) | 35 | 77.8 | 32 | 76.2 | 11 | 32.4 |
| 3 (64) | 48 | 75.0 | 47 | 72.3 | 24 | 48.0 |
| 4 (77) | 47 | 61.0 | 58 | 72.5 | 28 | 43.1 |
| 5 (most deprived) (90) | 54 | 60.0 | 58 | 63.0 | 40 | 49.4 |
| Total (312) | 213 | 68.3* | 228 | 71.3 | 118 | 45.0 |
| Parity | ||||||
| Primiparous (129) | 84 | 65.1 | 91 | 67.9 | 44 | 40.7 |
| Multiparous (170) | 119 | 70.0 | 129 | 74.1 | 66 | 47.1 |
| Total (299) | 203 | 67.9 | 220 | 71.4 | 110 | 44.4 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| White (238) | 177 | 74.4 | 188 | 76.4 | 92 | 46.2 |
| Mixed (8) | 4 | 50.0 | 4 | 57.1 | 3 | 60.0 |
| Asian (36) | 19 | 52.8 | 20 | 55.6 | 14 | 46.7 |
| Black (10) | 5 | 50.0 | 5 | 71.4 | 5 | 62.5 |
| Other (2) | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Total (294) | 207 | 70.4* | 219 | 73.5 | 115 | 47.3 |
| Age left fullt-time education | ||||||
| < 17 years (78) | 45 | 57.7 | 51 | 64.6 | 31 | 44.9 |
| 17–18 years (82) | 58 | 70.7 | 66 | 76.7 | 28 | 40.0 |
| 19+ yrs (145) | 108 | 74.5 | 108 | 73.0 | 56 | 48.3 |
| Total (305) | 211 | 69.2* | 225 | 71.9 | 115 | 45.1 |
| Single mother | ||||||
| No (233) | 166 | 71.2 | 179 | 73.4 | 93 | 47.0 |
| Yes (80) | 48 | 60.0 | 50 | 64.9 | 26 | 40.0 |
| Total (313) | 214 | 68.4 | 229 | 71.3 | 119 | 45.2 |
* p < 0.05