Table 4.
Maternal self-perceived health, maternal mental health and associated factors in stepfamilies and non-stepfamilies
| Stepfamilies n = 47 n (%) |
Non-stepfamilies n = 2199 n (%) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal self-perceived health and maternal mental health | |||
| Maternal self-perceived health | |||
| Very good, good, or normal | 46 (97.9) | 2094 (96.7) | .650b |
| Not so good or poor | 1 (2.1) | 72 (3.3) | |
| Depression (EPDS score) | |||
| No (≤8) | 34 (75.6) | 1871 (87.7) | .015a |
| Yes (≥9) | 11 (24.4) | 262 (12.3) | |
| Stress score | |||
| median (25, 75, min-max) | 3 (1, 5, 0–8) | 3 (2, 5, 0–10) | .730c |
| Maternal views of child care | |||
| I can take care of my child | |||
| Agree or slightly agree | 44 (97.8) | 2155 (99.1) | .372b |
| Disagree or strongly disagree | 1 (2.2) | 20 (0.9) | |
| I can breastfeed my child as I expect | |||
| Agree or slightly agree | 36 (78.3) | 1819 (83.7) | .327a |
| Disagree or strongly disagree | 10 (21.7) | 355 (16.3) | |
| I fulfill the parent role well | |||
| Agree or slightly agree | 30 (65.2) | 1825 (84.1) | .001a |
| Disagree or strongly disagree | 16 (34.8) | 346 (15.9) | |
| Recognition of child maltreatment | |||
| No | 40 (88.9) | 1962 (92.3) | .400b |
| Yes | 5 (11.1) | 164 (7.7) | |
| Support from current partner and family environment | |||
| Marital relations score | |||
| median (25, 75, min-max) | 53 (45, 63, 31–70) | 52 (44, 59, 10–70) | .132c |
| I have childcare available when I need it | |||
| Agree or slightly agree | 37 (80.4) | 1660 (76.7) | .550a |
| Disagree or strongly disagree | 9 (19.6) | 505 (23.3) | |
No answers were excluded
EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
aChi-squared test
bFisher’s exact probability test
cMann-Whitney U test