Table 1.
Descriptive Data of interval scaled variables.
| All participants N = 353 |
Dropouts n = 223 |
Completers n = 131 |
Primipara n = 189 |
Multipara n = 138 |
Self-reported mental health problems n = 54 |
No self-reported mental health problems n = 289 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPDS1 | |||||||
|
M (SD) |
6.97 (3.86) |
7.32 (3.97) |
6.38 (3.60) | 7.28 (3.95) |
6.40 (3.41) | 9.31 (4.70) |
6.54 (3.54) |
| Test statistic | adj. p = 0.052, d = −0.25 | adj. p = 0.150, η2 = 0.01 | adj. p < 0.001, η2 = 0.21 | ||||
| MFAS | |||||||
|
M (SD) |
122.27 (19.01) |
124.18 (18.72) |
119.01 (19.14) |
122.85 (17.82) |
121.57 (17.95) |
120.91 (16.92) |
122.98 (18.07) |
| Test statistic | adj. p = 0.052, d = −0.27 | adj. p = 0.522, η2 < 0.01 | adj. p > 0.05, η2 < 0.01 | ||||
| SIL | |||||||
|
M (SD) |
51.34 (12.64) |
49.70 (12.90) |
54.83 (11.42) |
45.29 (13.48) |
52.73 (12.00) |
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| Test statistic | adj. p = 0.150, η2 = 0.04 | adj. p = 0.06, η2 = 0.05 | |||||
| EPDS2 | |||||||
|
M (SD) |
6.46 (4.27) |
6.97 (4.15) |
5.38 (4.37) |
7.10 (4.36) |
6.31 (4.27) |
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| Test statistic | adj. p = 0.150, η2 = 0.03 | adj. p > 0.05, η2 < 0.01 | |||||
| PBQ | |||||||
|
M (SD) |
9.32 (6.77) |
9.92 (7.10) |
8.00 (5.85) |
10.10 (7.20) |
9.08 (6.67) |
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| Test statistic | adj. p = 0.276, η2 = 0.02 | adj. p > 0.05, η2 < 0.01 | |||||
η2, eta square; d, Cohens d; adj. p, p-value after Bonferroni-Holm adjustment.
Group comparison with adjusted p-values and effect sizes of the ANOVAs and group-wise descriptive data of all dependent interval scaled variables. EPDS1, Prepartum depression score; MFAS, Maternal fetal attachment (prepartum); SIL, birth experience (postpartum); EPDS2, Postpartum depression score; PBQ, Postpartum impairment in mother-infant bonding.