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Table 4 Mental health characteristics of women at high compared to those at low risk (ANRQ)

From: Antenatal psychosocial risk status and Australian women’s use of primary care and specialist mental health services in the year after birth: a prospective study

Characteristics

ANRQ risk status

Moderate/high risk

Low risk

χ2 (sig)

N (%)

N (%)

 

HADS status

  < 11

25 (75.8)

44 (89.8)

2.913 (.088)

  ≥ 11

8 (24.2)

5 (10.2)

 

EPDS status

  < 13

26 (78.8)

47 (95.9)

5.922 (.015)

  ≥ 13

7 (21.2)

2 (4.1)

 
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

t (sig)

HADS (total)

8.91 (2.95)

7.61 (1.78)

−2.483 (.015)

EPDS (total)

6.85 (6.28)

3.84 (3.94)

−2.672 (.009)

Confidence as a person

7.48 (1.33)

7.52 (1.68)

101 (.920)

General help seeking behaviour

42.45 (9.16)

44.88 (8.49)

1.234 (.221)