Table 2.
Descriptive information on distress questionnaires.
| M ± SD (range) (N of imputed symptom scores) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire | Whole sample (N = 123) | Males (N = 69) | Females (N = 54) | p | p (Q) |
| SCL score GW14 | 3.53 ± 4.50 (0–19) (3) | 3.40 ± 4.13 (0–16) | 3.68 ± 5.04 (0–19) | 0.558 | <0.001 (18.48) |
| SCL score GW24 | 4.56 ± 5.32 (0–28) (1) | 4.78 ± 5 (0–19) | 4.27 ± 5.73 (0–28) | 0.274 | |
| SCL score GW34 | 3.44 ± 4.12 (0–19) (6) | 3.67 ± 3.67 (0–12) | 3.15 ± 4.66 (0–19) | 0.101 | |
| EPDS score GW14 | 5.46 ± 5.15 (0–25) (3) | 5.40 ± 4.78 (0–21) | 5.54 ± 5.63 (0–25) | 0.788 | 0.635 (0.84) |
| EPDS score GW24 | 5.58 ± 5.35 (0–25) (1) | 5.66 ± 5.14 (0–23) | 5.48 ± 5.66 (0–25) | 0.645 | |
| EPDS score GW34 | 5.48 ± 4.95 (0–20) (6) | 5.66 ± 4.89 (0–17) | 5.25 ± 5.06 (0–20) | 0.574 | |
| Distress sum score | |||||
| SCL 1 + EPDS 1 | 1.28E-16 ± 1.92 (−1.84–6.43) (6) | −0.04 ± 1.76 (−1.84–6.43) | 0.05 ± 2.12 (−1.84–6.43) | 0.695 | 0.524 (1.29) |
| SCL 2 + EPDS 2 | 3.47E-18 ± 1.85 (−1.90–5.78) 6) | 0.06 ± 1.77 (−1.90–5.78) | −0.07 ± 1.96 (−1.90–5.78) | 0.403 | |
| SCL 3 + EPDS 3 | 5.38E-17 ± 1.84 (−1.94–6.71) (12) | 0.09 ± 1.67 (−1.94–6.71) | 0.12 ± 2.01 (−1.94–6.71) | 0.230 | |
| Frequencies (%) | |||||
| SCL 1 cut off score ≥ 10 | 16 (13) | 6 (8.7) | 10 (18.5) | ||
| SCL 2 cut off score ≥ 10 | 21 (17) | 12 (17.4) | 9 (16.7) | ||
| SCL 3 cut off score ≥ 10 | 12 (9.6) | 7 (10.1) | 5 (9.3) | ||
| EPDS 1 cut off score ≥ 10 | 16 (13) | 8 (11.6) | 8 (14.8) | ||
| EPDS 2 cut off score ≥ 10 | 26 (21.1) | 15 (21.7) | 11 (20.4) | ||
| EPDS cut off score ≥ 10 | 23 (18.7) | 13 (18.8) | 10 (18.5) | ||
Columns from right to left: p-values of Friedman test for differences between distress scores; p-values of Mann-Whitney U tests for sex differences in the sample. Significant results (p < 0.05) are in blue; GW, gestational week; SCL, Symptom Checklist −90 (range of total sum score 0–40); EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (range of total sum score 0–30).