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Table 4 Median BirthMARQ component scores by depression and post-traumatic stress disorder

From: The Birth Memories and Recall Questionnaire (BirthMARQ): development and evaluation

  

Depression

 

Post-traumatic stress disorder

 
 

Overall

None

Probable

 

None

Probable

 
 

(N = 523)

(N = 412)

(N = 111)

 

(N = 502)

(N = 21)

 

Emotional memory

3.20

2.60

4.40

***

3.00

5.00

***

Reliving

3.50

3.25

4.00

***

3.50

4.00

 

Centrality of memory

5.00

4.75

5.25

*

4.75

5.75

*

Sensory memory

3.75

3.75

3.75

 

3.75

2.75

*

Involuntary recall

4.50

4.50

5.50

***

4.50

6.00

***

Coherence

5.50

5.50

5.50

 

5.50

3.00

***

  1. *p < .05, ***p < .00. NB. Range of scores = 1 to 7