Table 2.

Service use during the follow-up period

	Control (N=175)		Intervention (N=184)		Two-sided t-test
Service type	No.	Mean	No.	Mean	p Value
MCH services
MCH visit	793	4.5	800	4.4	0.581
MCH home visit	74	0.4	89	0.5	0.612
MCH telephone line	192	1.1	232	1.3	0.581
First-time parents’ group	845	4.8	924	5.0	0.525
Mental health
Psychologist, psychiatrist or counsellor	105	0.6	108	0.6	0.966
Psychiatric mother–baby unit admission	0	0.0	2	0.0	0.167
Web therapy session	16	0.1	106	0.6	0.289
Antidepressant, anxiolytic or sedative	11	0.1	20	0.1	0.161
Primary care
GP	516	2.9	623	3.4	0.213
Clinic nurse	27	0.2	42	0.2	0.324
Nurse-on-call (telephone helpline)	59	0.3	70	0.4	0.599
Medical
Obstetrician	67	0.4	88	0.5	0.232
Paediatrician	117	0.7	115	0.6	0.764
Other specialist	12	0.1	12	0.1	0.924
Allied health (physiotherapist, dietician or social worker)	197	1.1	268	1.5	0.316
Complementary healthcare	266	1.5	254	1.4	0.693
Hospital-related
Outpatients	85	0.5	105	0.6	0.597
Emergency department visit	47	0.3	54	0.3	0.725
Total days hospital admission	71	0.4	35	0.3	0.320
Early parenting services
Residential early parenting centre	6	0.0	6	0.0	0.940
Early parenting centre day stay	16	0.1	17	0.1	0.976
Breastfeeding telephone helpline	85	0.5	90	0.5	0.979
Lactation consultant, mothercraft nurse, support group or other parenting service	145	0.8	157	0.9	0.922