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. 2021 Jul 16;21:512. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-03969-1

Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Patient characteristic, n (%) Overall (N = 30) Asian (n = 10) Black (n = 5) Latina (n = 6) White (n = 9)
Age, mean years ± SD 34 ± 5 32 ± 5 33 ± 7 34 ± 6 36 ± 5
Perinatal Stage
 Pregnant 10 (33) 2 (20) 2 (40) 4 (67) 2 (22)
 Postpartum 20 (67) 8 (80) 3 (60) 2 (33) 7 (78)
College graduate or more 13 (43) 6 (60) 2 (40) 1 (17) 4 (44)
Medicaid 5 (17) 0 (0) 2 (40) 2 (33) 1 (11)
Neighborhood Deprivationa 12 (41) 4 (40) 3 (75) 3 (50) 2 (22)
Depressive symptoms, mean ± SD PHQ-8 score 10 ± 4 10 ± 5 11 ± 7 10 ± 3 10 ± 3
Past treatment 21 (70) 6 (60) 5 (100) 4 (67) 6 (67)
Treatment type
 Psychotherapy only 8 (38) 2 (33) 2 (40) 3 (75) 1 (17)
 Medication only 3 (4) 0 (0) 1 (20) 0 (0) 2 (33)
 Combination 10 (48) 4 (67) 2 (40) 1 (25) 3 (50)
Clinician characteristic (N = 9) n
Specialty
 OBGYN 6
 Internal medicine 1
 Psychologist 1
 Licensed clinical social worker 1
Race/ethnicity
 Asian 2
 Black 1
 White 6
Years in practice, median (range) 18 (8–30)

aAbove-average Neighborhood Deprivation Index: a census tract-based index summarizing across socioeconomic domains, with higher scores representing more deprivation [34]