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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Adv Nurs. 2018 May 17:10.1111/jan.13716. doi: 10.1111/jan.13716

Table 2.

Phase 3 Baseline Patient Characteristics1. (All results noted as Frequency (Percent) unless otherwise noted.)

Sample Characteristics All
n=538
Usual Care
n=167
Intervention I
(text only)
n=181
Intervention II
(text & RN)
n=190

Mean age (SD) 29.3 (5.3) 29.3 (5.4) 28.9 (4.9) 29.8 (5.4)

Parity:
 Primipara 237 (44) 71 (43)   81 (45)   85 (45)
 Multipara 301 (56) 96 (57) 100 (55) 105 (55)

* Race:
 White Women 465 (86) 151 (90) 159 (88) 155 (82)
 Women of Color   73 (14)   16 (10)   22 (12)   35 (18)

Hispanic/Latina:   38 (7)   11 (7) 9 (5) 18 (9)

Birth:
 Vaginal 423 (79) 133 (80) 140 (78) 150 (79)
 Cesarean 114 (21)   34 (20)   40 (22)   40 (21)

Infant status:
 Level 1 nursery 496 (92) 150 (90) 169 (93) 177 (94)
 Level 2 or higher   41 (8)   17 (10)   12 (7)   12 (6)

Education:
 High school or less 117 (22) 34 (20) 40 (22) 46 (24)
 Some college 188 (35) 60 (36) 71 (39) 57 (30)
 College degree or higher 232 (43) 73 (44) 70 (39) 89 (47)

Partner status:
 Married or cohabitating 490 (91) 153 (92) 164 (91) 173 (91)
 In significant relationship   23 (4)     8 (5)     6 (3)     9 (5)
 Single   24 (4)     6 (4)   11 (6)     7 (4)

Intended infant feeding plan2
 Breastfeeding only 392 (73) 123 (74) 135 (75) 134 (71)
 Formula feeding   57 (11)   16 (10)   23 (13)   18 (10)
 Combination breast & formula   88 (16)   28 (17)   23 (13)   37 (20)

Eligible for WIC benefits 203 (38)   64 (39) 72 (40) 67 (36)

Depression during this pregnancy2   76 (14) 23 (14) 30 (17) 23 (12)

Anxiety during this pregnancy2 181 (34) 62 (37) 65 (36) 54 (29)

Depression prior to this pregnancy2 198 (37) 64 (38) 68 (38) 66 (35)

* Baseline EPDS (mean, SD) 4.0 (4.2) 4.3 (4.5) 4.5 (4.4) 3.2 (3.6)

EPDS score <10 (no depression) 479 (89) 146 (87) 154 (85) 179 (94)
EPDS score 10-12 (risk for depression) 31 (6) 10 (6) 14 (8) 7 (4)
EPDS score >12 (high risk for depression) 28 (5) 11 (7) 13 (7) 4 (2)
*

significant difference between groups p<.05

1

Percentages may sum to greater than 100 based on rounding figures

2

Based on self-report