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Table 6 Percentage of mothers reporting problems with the infant’s sleep, crying or feeding

From: Effectiveness of a psycho-educational intervention for expecting parents to prevent postpartum parenting stress, depression and anxiety: a randomized controlled trial

 

Intervention

T3 (6 weeks after birth) % reporting problem

Control

T3 (6 weeks after birth) % reporting problem

p-value

T3

Intervention

T4 (10 weeks after birth) % reporting problem

Control

T4 (10 weeks after birth) % reporting problem

p-value

T4

Infant sleep (night)

29.3

32.8

.69

14.5

15.0

.95

Infant sleep (day)

50.0

36.8

.13

34.5

35.0

.96

Infant crying (night)

15.5

11.6

.79

5.5

3.3

.58

Infant crying (day)

31.0

34.5

.69

27.3

21.7

.48

Infant feeding (night)

13.8

5.2

.11

3.6

6.7

.47

Infant feeding (day)

16.2

6.9

.05*

16.4

10.0

.31