Table 2.
Preconception Health Status and Current Symptoms
| % (n/total), mean (SD) or median [range] | |
|---|---|
| Preconception health history | |
| Reports having visited healthcare worker at some point in 12 months before pregnancy for depression or anxiety (PRAMS item) | 14% (32/230) |
| Reports felt depressed at some point in 3 months before pregnancy (PRAMS item) | 16% (37/230) |
| Reports experienced anxiety at some point in 3 months before pregnancy (PRAMS item) | 16% (36/230) |
| Reports experiencing either depression or anxiety in 3 months before pregnancy (PRAMS item) | 20% (47/230) |
| Reports a lifetime history of a depression episode (2 weeks of feeling sad/blue/depressed) before current pregnancy | 35% (77/220) |
| Previous pregnancies (PRAMS item) | |
| 0 pregnancies | 37% (86/230) |
| 1–2 pregnancies | 28% (65/230) |
| 3–5 pregnancies | 25% (58/230) |
| >5 pregnancies | 9% (21/230) |
| Median number of previous pregnancies [range] | 2 [0–13] |
| Social support (MOSSSS total score) | 3.93 (1.10) |
| Current symptoms | |
| During this pregnancy, reports having one key depressive symptom: feeling sad/blue/depressed for 2 weeks) (CIDI-SF) | 19% (43/223) |
| During this pregnancy, reports having one key depressive symptom: loss of interest/anhedonia (CIDI-SF) | 13% (29/216) |
| During this pregnancy, reports two key depressive symptoms: feeling sad/blue and anhedonia (CIDI-SF) | 8% (18/215) |
| White Participant with two depressive symptoms in pregnancy | 5% (5/105) |
| Black Participant with two depressive symptoms in pregnancy | 12% (13/97) |
| Participants with depression score ≥11 on self-report subscale (SCL; possible range 0–40) | 20% (45/230) |
| Average depressive symptom score on self-report subscale (SCL; possible range 0–40) | 6.50 (6.71) |
| Stressful life events (PSEI; possible range 0–41) | 6.92 (5.09) |
| Perceived stress (PSS; possible range 0–40) | 13.81 (6.95) |
| Pregnancy-related anxiety (possible range 0–30) | 6.55 (5.39) |
CIDI-SF, Composite International Diagnostic Interview Short Form; MOSSSS, Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey; PRAMS, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System; PSEI, Prenatal Social Environment Inventory; PSS, Perceived Stress Scale; SCL-27, Symptom Checklist-27.