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Table 2 Changes in anxiety, depression, intimate relationship, social support, pregnancy stress, and maternal foetal attachment and parenting stress

From: Psychological health of women who have conceived using assisted reproductive technology in Taiwan: findings from a longitudinal study

 

First survey (N = 179) M ± SD (n, %)

Second survey (N = 175) M ± SD (n, %)

Third survey (N = 168) M ± SD (n, %)

Fourth survey (N = 158) M ± SD (n, %)

Anxiety

42.30 ± 11.11

38.03 ± 10.58

38.39 ± 10.36

41.18 ± 11.68

Depression

8.43 ± 4.44

7.21 ± 4.23

6.99 ± 4.11

8.39 ± 5.25

 ≦9

(113, 63.1)

(130, 74.3)

(122, 72.6)

(103, 65.2)

 ≧10

(66, 36.9)

(45, 25.7)

(46, 27.4)

(55, 34.8)

Intimate relationship

care

25.34 ± 7.24

26.23 ± 6.81

25.53 ± 7.36

23.92 ± 8.09

control

8.63 ± 5.97

8.67 ± 6.00

8.10 ± 5.25

8.68 ± 6.19

Social support

26.22 ± 3.12

26.34 ± 2.78

26.15 ± 2.83

25.28 ± 3.43

low support

(8, 4.5)

(4, 2.3)

(3, 1.8)

(6, 3.8)

medium support

(36, 20.1)

(37, 21.1)

(48, 28.6)

(55, 34.8)

adequate support

(135, 75.4)

(134, 76.6)

(117, 69.6)

(97, 61.4)

Pregnancy stress

82.92 ± 21.92

83.92 ± 22.07

87.48 ± 22.83

 

Foetal attachment

117.03 ± 27.38

134.27 ± 23.34

144.81 ± 21.71

 

Parenting stress

   

48.38 ± 14.50