Table 3.
Persistence of Depressive Symptomatology, Anxiety Symptomatology, and Comorbid Symptomatology among Chinese Canadian Women.
Baseline and 12 Weeks | Baseline and 12 and 52 Weeks | |
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Possible depressive symptomatologya | ||
Cases/observations, n % (95% CI) | 48/120 40.0 (31.7-48.9) | 16/101 15.8 (10.0-24.2) |
High depressive symptomatologyb | ||
Cases/observations, n % (95% CI) | 11/39 28.2 (16.5-43.8) | 2/33 6.1 (1.7-19.6) |
Anxiety symptomatologyc | ||
Cases/observations, n % (95% CI) | 47/112 42.0 (33.2-51.2) | 16/92 17.4 (11.0-26.4) |
Comorbid depressive and anxiety symptomatologyd | ||
Cases/observations, n % (95% CI) | 21/70 30.0 (20.5-41.5) | 5/56 8.9 (3.9-19.3) |
Only those with complete data in consecutive waves were included in the analysis for each outcome. CI, confidence interval.
aMore than 9 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS).
bMore than 12 on the EPDS.
cMore than 40 on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).
dMore than 9 on the EPDS and >40 on the STAI.