Table 2.
Sample characteristics.
| Time | 72 hours postpartum |
3 months |
6–9 months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Variable | ||||||
| Age Mean = 17.87/SD = 1.39 Range = 13–19 | ||||||
| Birth type | ||||||
| Vaginal | 230 | 78.5 | ||||
| Cesarean | 63 | 21.5 | ||||
| Marital Status: | ||||||
| Single | 257 | 84.8 | ||||
| Ethnicity/Race | ||||||
| White | 31 | 10.6 | ||||
| Black | 75 | 25.6 | ||||
| Hispanic | 183 | 62.5 | ||||
| Parity = 1 | 227 | 77.5 | ||||
| Gestational age | ||||||
| Preterm (<37) | 32 | 11.4 | ||||
| Current/history violence (child and/or partner) | ||||||
| No | 229 | 79.8 | 60 | 92.3 | 86 | 96.6 |
| Yes | 58 | 20.2 | 5 | 7.7 | 3 | 3.4 |
| EPDS | ||||||
| 0–9 | 210 | 75.2 | 52 | 75.4 | 92 | 80.0 |
| 10–2 (minor) | 32 | 11.4 | 11 | 15.9 | 8 | 7.0 |
| 13+ (major) | 38 | 13.5 | 6 | 8.7 | 15 | 13.0 |
| IES | ||||||
| 0–8 (subclinical) | 93 | 33.2 | 22 | 32.4 | 44 | 39.2 |
| 9–25 (mild) | 100 | 35.7 | 27 | 39.7 | 46 | 41.1 |
| 26–43 (moderate) | 68 | 24.3 | 12 | 17.6 | 13 | 11.6 |
| 44+ (severe) | 19 | 6.8 | 7 | 10.3 | 9 | 8.0 |