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Table 3 Participant mental health

From: Admission to day stay early parenting program is associated with improvements in mental health and infant behaviour: A prospective cohort study

Variables

Number of valid responses

Sample

Comparison

p

EPDS * score

114

  

<0.001

Mean (SD)

 

8.9 (4.5)

5.54b;

<0.001

   

11.33

<0.001

n (%) >9

 

53 (46.5)

16.74b;

<0.001

   

15.44a;

<0.001

n (%) >12

 

24 (21.1)

7.64a; 39.03

<0.001 <0.001

Mean Kessler 6 *score

    

Total (mean(SD))

115

11.6 (3.5)

  

n (%) at risk of mental disorder (>18)

 

4 (3.5)

3.71

0.5

Current feelings of depression or anxietyn (%)

116

28 (24.1

  

Previously feelings of depression or anxiety n (%)

116

32 (27.6)

  
  1. 1 2009 Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey.
  2. 2 Births in Victoria 2007 and 2008 [22].
  3. 3 Tweddle Residential Service 2004 [4, 23].
  4. 4a Community Sample: Buist 2008 [24].
  5. 4b Community Sample: McCallum 2011 [20].