Table 2 Crosstabulation of edinburgh postnatal depressions scale (EPDS), sense of coherence (SOC) at 3-, 12-, and 25-years, and health status 25 years after inclusion
From: Sense of coherence and health in women: a 25-year follow-up study
Health status | SOC 25 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Good | <=75th percentile | > 75th percentile | |||
n (%) | n (%) | p-value* (Effect size) | n (%) | n (%) | p-value* (Effect size) | |
EPDS (cut 10) | 0.013 | 0.010 | ||||
< 10 | 194 (89.4) | 174 (96.1) | (0.127) | 281 (90.1) | 100 (98.0) | ((0.127) |
> 10 | 23 (10.6) | 7 (3.9) | 31 (9.9) | 2 (2.0) | ||
SOC stability | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
Never > 75th percentile | 151 (69.6) | 77 (42.3) | (0.308) | 227 (72.5) | 8 (7.8) | (0.622) |
Mixed above or below | 61 (28.1) | 79 (43.4) | 82 (26.2) | 64 (62.7) | ||
Always > 75th percentile | 5 (2.3) | 26 (14.3) | 4 (1.3) | 30 (29.4) | ||
SOC 3 years | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
<=75th percentile | 185 (85.3) | 129 (70.9) | (0.175) | 271 (86.6) | 54 (52.9) | (0.351) |
> 75th percentile | 32 (14.7) | 53 (29.1) | 42 (13.4) | 48 (47.1) | ||
SOC 12 years | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
<=75th percentile | 186 (85.7) | 119 (65.4) | (0.239) | 266 (85.0) | 49 (48.0) | (0.372) |
> 75th percentile | 31 (14.3) | 63 (34.6) | 47 (15.0) | 53 (52.0) | ||
SOC 25 years | < 0.001 | |||||
<=75th percentile | 194 (89.4) | 107 (58.8) | (0.345) | |||
> 75th percentile | 23 (10.6) | 75 (41.2) | ||||