Table 5 Parental expectations, experience, psychological distress and reactions to imaging

All mothers (paired data for n = 56)

Pre-imaging

Post-imaging

Mean difference

t

Effect size (Hedge’s g)

Anxiety

4.30 (SD 2.42)

2.14 (SD 2.34)

-2.16

7.17^**

0.95

Excitement

7.38 (SD 2.01)

7.63 (SD 2.29)

0.25

-0.78

-0.10

CORE-10

8.86 (SD 5.00)

8.38 (SD 5.94)

0.48

0.94

0.12

Expectations (pre-imaging) or experience (post-imaging)

4.54 (SD 0.87)

4.61 (SD 0.62)

0.07

-0.66

-0.09

All fathers (paired data for n = 17)

Pre-imaging

Post-imaging

Mean difference

t

Effect size (Hedge’s g)

Anxiety

2.41 (SD 1.33)

1.47 (SD 0.94)

-0.94

2.89^*

0.67

Excitement

7.47 (SD 2.50)

9.12 (SD 1.05)

1.65

-2.75^*

-0.63

CORE-10

6.88 (SD 3.74)

4.82 (SD 3.01)

2.06

4.15^**

0.96

Expectations (pre-imaging) or experience (post-imaging)

4.65 (SD 0.70)

4.53 (SD 1.01)

0.12

0.46

0.11