Table 2 Psychometric scores for men and women within each group, i.e. with and without fetal anomaly
Fetal anomaly (N = 155) | No fetal anomaly (N = 100) | With and without fetal anomaly (N = 255) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men versus men | Women versus women | |||||||
Men | Women | P-value* | Men | Women | P-value* | P-value** | P-value** | |
Median (min-max) | Median (min-max) | Cohen’s d | Median (min-max) | Median (min-max) | Cohen’s d | Cohen’s d | Cohen’s d | |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||||
GHQ sum Likert score | 19 (2–52) | 26 (8–61) | P < 0.001 | 14 (4–41) | 19 (8–57) | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 |
21.4 (9.7) | 27.6 (11.5) | d = -0.583 | 15.3 (6.1) | 19.8 (8.2) | d = -0.623 | d = 0.753 | d = 0.780 | |
GHQ somatisation | 5 (1–18) | 7 (0–18) | P < 0.001 | 4 (1–21) | 6 (0–16) | P < 0.001 | P = 0.008 | P = 0.008 |
5.4 (3.3) | 7.4 (4.0) | d = -0.545 | 4.5 (3.4) | 6.1 (3.4) | d = -0.471 | d = 0.269 | d = 0.350 | |
GHQ social dysfunction | 7 (3–19) | 9 (5–17) | P < 0.001 | 7 (0–17) | 7 (3–19) | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 |
8.1 (2.5) | 9.5 (2.8) | d = -0.527 | 6.5 (2.1) | 8.1 (2.6) | d = -0.677 | d = 0.693 | d = 0.581 | |
GHQ anxiety | 6 (0–17) | 8 (0–18) | P < 0.001 | 3 (0–13) | 5 (0–14) | P = 0.001 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 |
6.6 (3.7) | 8.8 (4.3) | d = -0.548 | 4.0 (2.3) | 5.4 (3.2) | d = -0.502 | d = 0.844 | d = 0.897 | |
GHQ depression | 0 (0–15) 1.4 (2.6) | 0 (0–16) | P = 0.011 | 0 (0–4) | 0 (0–10) | P = 0.791 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 |
1.9 (3.1) | d = -0.175 | 0.3 (0.7) | 0.4 (1.2) | d = -0.102 | d = 0.578 | d = 0.638 | ||
GHQ sum case score | 3 (0–20) 4.6 (5.0) | 7 (0–26) | P < 0.001 | 0 (0–15) | 3 (0–20) | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 |
8.0 (6.3) | d = -0.598 | 1.7 (2.7) | 4.5 (4.2) | d = -0.793 | d = 0.722 | d = 0.654 | ||
IES intrusion | 17 (0–35) | 25 (1–35) | P < 0.001 | 6 (0–24) | 8 (0–27) | P = 0.002 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 |
16.5 (8.7) | 22.5 (8.3) | d = -0.706 | 6.7 (5.6) | 9.4 (6.3) | d = -0.453 | d = 1.340 | d = 1.778 | |
IES avoidance | 7 (0–37) 9.2 (7.8) | 11 (0–34) | P = 0.001 | 0 (1–18) | 0.5 (0–26) | P = 0.397 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 |
11.3 (7.1) | d = -0.282 | 1.7 (2.9) | 2.2 (3.9) | d = -0.145 | d = 1.275 | d = 1.589 | ||
IES arousal | 7 (0–31) | 14 (0–35) | P < 0.001 | 2 (0–12) | 3 (0–20) | P = 0.019 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 |
9.1 (7.1) | 14.8 (9.0) | d = -0.703 | 2.6 (3.0) | 3.9 (4.2) | d = -0.356 | d = 1.193 | d = 1.552 | |
EPDS sum | 7 (0–24) | 12 (0–29) | P < 0.001 | 1 (0–9) | 2 (0–14) | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 |
7.5 (5.2) | 12.5 (5.9) | d = -0.899 | 1.4 (1.9) | 3.0 (2.9) | d = -0.653 | d = 1.558 | d = 2.044 | |