Table 2.
The comparisons of the service usage between the control and the intervention group
| Intervention group | Control group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or Number | SD or % | p value | Mean or Number | SD or % | ||
| Primary outcome | ||||||
| Total score of the EPDS | 2.74 | 2.89 | < 0.001** | 4.58 | 2.62 | |
| Secondary outcomes | ||||||
| PHN’s interview | < 0.001** | |||||
| Yes | 201 | 96.2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| No | 9 | 4.3 | 138 | 100.0 | ||
| PHN’s counselling | 0.02* | |||||
| Yes | 11 | 5.3 | 1 | 0.7 | ||
| No | 199 | 95.2 | 137 | 99.3 | ||
| maternal seminar | 0.01* | |||||
| Yes | 46 | 22.0 | 16 | 13.1 | ||
| No | 164 | 78.5 | 122 | 16.9 | ||
| postnatal care usage | 0.42 | |||||
| Yes | 11 | 5.3 | 4 | 3.0 | ||
| No | 199 | 95.2 | 134 | 97.0 | ||
| home visit | < 0.001** | |||||
| Yes | 197 | 94.3 | 114 | 82.6 | ||
| No | 13 | 6.2 | 23 | 16.7 | ||
| telephone counselling for child care | 0.34 | |||||
| Yes | 8 | 3.8 | 3 | 2.2 | ||
| No | 202 | 96.7 | 135 | 97.8 | ||
| Counselling for child care at PHC | 0.22 | |||||
| Yes | 41 | 19.6 | 20 | 16.9 | ||
| No | 169 | 80.9 | 118 | 83.1 | ||
| Family support usage | 0.34 | |||||
| Yes | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| No | 209 | 100.0 | 136 | 98.5 | ||
SD: standard deviation. EPDS indicates Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, PHN: public health nurse. PHC indicates public health center, p value: the value of the Chi-square test for each variable between the two groups, *: statistically significant (p < 0.05) in the analyses, **: statistically significant (p < 0.001) in the analyses