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Table 4 Revised mental health (MH-PP) and physical health (PH-PP) scores over 4 time-points

From: Measuring physical and mental health during pregnancy and postpartum in an Australian childbearing population - validation of the PROMIS Global Short Form

 

n

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Range

Mental health a (MH-PP)

 Pregnancy Baseline

308

3.87 (0.72)

4.00 (1.00)

1.25–5

 Pregnancy 36 weeks

276

3.74 (0.76)

3.75 (1.00)

1.25–5

 Postpartum 6 weeks

260

3.70 (0.78)

3.75 (1.19)

1.25–5

 Postpartum 26 weeks

238

3.74 (0.75)

3.75 (1.00)

1.50–5

Physical health b (PH-PP)

 Pregnancy Baseline

308

3.81 (0.61)

3.80 (0.80)

2.00–5

 Pregnancy 36 weeks

276

3.56 (0.66)

3.60 (1.15)

1.20–5

 Postpartum 6 weeks

260

3.93 (0.56)

4.00 (0.80)

1.60–5

 Postpartum 26 weeks

238

4.00 (0.57)

4.00 (0.80)

2.00–5

  1. aMH-PP subscale calculated by summing items 2, 4, 5, 9 and dividing by 4
  2. bPH-PP subscale calculated by summing items 1, 3, 6, 7, 8 and dividing by 5