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Table 2 Early pregnancy values and estimated change in mood and quality of life

From: Mood and quality of life changes in pregnancy and postpartum and the effect of a behavioral intervention targeting excess gestational weight gain in women with overweight and obesity: a parallel-arm randomized controlled pilot trial

 

Usual Care (n = 11)

SmartMoms® Intervention (n = 32)

Between Group

Mean (SE)

p

Mean (SE)

p

Difference (SE)

p

ES

Mood

BDI-II

Early Pregnancy

8.82 (1.35)

 

6.59 (0.79)

 

−2.22 (1.56)

0.16

0.22

Δ Late Pregnancy

4.45 (1.62)

< 0.01

2.06 (0.96)

0.03

−2.40 (1.88)

0.21

0.20

Δ 1–2 months ppm

−0.66 (1.74)

0.71

0.86 (0.96)

0.37

1.52 (1.99)

0.45

0.12

Δ 12 months ppm

−2.98 (1.90)

0.12

−0.51 (0.97)

0.12

2.47 (2.14)

0.25

0.18

Quality of Life

SF-12 MCS

Early Pregnancy

51.13 (1.41)

 

50.53 (0.83)

 

−0.6 (1.63)

0.72

0.06

Δ Late Pregnancy

−0.80 (2.60)

0.76

1.49 (1.54)

0.34

2.28 (3.02)

0.45

0.12

Δ 1–2 months ppm

−1.97 (2.81)

0.49

−1.7 (1.54)

0.27

0.27 (3.21)

0.93

0.01

Δ 12 months ppm

−0.37 (3.08)

0.9

−1.83 (1.56)

0.24

−1.46 (3.45)

0.67

0.07

SF-12 PCS

Early Pregnancy

49.37 (1.65)

 

51.14 (0.97)

 

1.76 (1.91)

0.36

0.14

Δ Late Pregnancy

−6.99 (1.99)

< 0.01

−8.32 (1.18)

< 0.01

−1.33 (2.31)

0.57

0.09

Δ 1–2 months ppm

4.20 (2.19)

0.06

0.41 (1.18)

0.73

−3.78 (2.49)

0.13

0.23

Δ 12 months ppm

4.65 (2.46)

0.06

3.37 (1.20)

< 0.01

−1.28 (2.74)

0.64

0.07

  1. Continuous values are displayed as mean (SE) and effect size is reported using group differences (mean/SD), and p values were derived using repeated measures over time in a mixed effect linear model. Significance was assumed when p < 0.05, as shown in bold