Table 2. Prevalence of postpartum depression among mothers with spinal cord injury.
| PPD | MDD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCI Level | Clinical diagnosis N (%) | Self-reported N (%) | P-value | Clinical diagnosis of MDD before pregnancy N (%) | Clinical diagnosis of PPD in mothers with previous MDD†N (%) | Self-reported PPD†N (%) | P-value |
| Cervical, C1–C8 (n = 30) | 3 (10) | 11 (37) | 0.033* | 4 (13) | 3 (75) | 3 (75) | 1.00 |
| Upper thoracic, T1–T6 (n = 12) | 1 (8) | 4 (33) | 0.121 | 1 (8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | - |
| Lower SCI, T7 and below (n = 59) | 4 (7) | 15 (25) | 0.012* | 10 (17) | 0 (0) | 7 (70) | 0.005* |
SCI = spinal cord injury, PPD = postpartum depression, MDD = major depressive disorder. Data is presented as number of individuals and percentage (%). Significance level at P < 0.05, where P-values reported are derived from χ2 test with continuity correction and * indicates statistical significance.
†Percentage given for mothers with a history of MDD in each SCI group who developed PPD.