Video feedback promotes relations between infants and vulnerable first-time mothers: a quasi-experimental study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of vulnerable first-time mothers and infants comparing intervention and comparison groups

	Intervention group (n = 69) Mean (S.D.) n (%)	Comparison group (n = 209) Mean (S.D.) n (%)	P-value
Age	30.18 (5.09)	30.45 (3.92)	0.69^c
Born in Denmark	55 (85%)	186 (91%)	0.18^d
Cohabiting with infant’s father	60 (92%)	192 (94%)	0.16^d
Education short	28 (44%)	50 (25%)	< 0.001 ^d
Education long	36 (56%)	153 (75%)	< 0.001 ^d
Employed	36 (55%)	124 (63%)	0.26^d
Unemployed	29 (45%)	72 (37%)	0.26^d
Partner education short	21 (35%)	59 (31%)	0.99^d
Partner education long	39 (65%)	131 (69%)
Partner employed	52 (87%)	148 (80%)	0.42^d
Partner unemployed	8 (13%)	36 (20%)	0.42^d
Preparation for parenting
Antenatal education hours	5.89 (4.25)	7.06 (4.41)	0.08^c
Previous infant caring: rare/never	36 (56%)	127 (62%)	0.42^d
Planned pregnancy	58 (89%)	180 (87%)	0.63^d
Abortion consideration	3 (5%)	7 (3%)	0.63^d
Boy	25 (38%)	103 (50%)	0.10^d
Moderate preterm birth	10 (15%)	27 (13%)	0.60^d
Separated > 2 h postpartum	9 (15%)	20 (10%)	0.53
Social-emotional ASQ:SE^b	53.36 (30.05)	48.05 (22.83)	0.14^c
Confidence KPCS^a	38.59 (4.00)	38.06 (3.33)	0.30^c
Mood EPDS^b	6.58 (4.20)	6.96 (3.47)	0.75^c
Stress PSS^b	35.15 (8.31)	37.93 (7.63)	0.02 ^c
Severe life events^b	14 (22%)	41 (20%)	0.07^c

Note: Bold values indicate significant group differences at 5% level. ^aHigh score favourable. ^bLow score favourable. Statistical analysis ^cUnpaired t-tests. ^dFisher’s exact test. Missing values are not included in analysis

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