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Table 4 Mental and functional conditions of the study population

From: Giving women WOICE postpartum: prevalence of maternal morbidity in high-risk pregnancies using the WHO-WOICE instrument

Variable

PPC

%

N = 515

 

(a) Anxiety score Mean (SD)

5.5 [±5.4]

 

Score ≥ 10

101

19.8

Score < 10

410

80.2

(b)Depression Mean (SD)

8.4 [±6.0]

 

Score ≥ 10

73

36.9

Score < 10

125

63.1

(c) WHODAS −12 Mean (SD)

10.9 [±12.9]

 

Score < 37.4

474

95.6

Score ≥ 37.4

22

4.4

  1. (a) GAD-7: seven items, with four-point scale: 0 (not at all) to 3 (Several days). A score ranging from 0 to 21 is considered a positive indicator for anxiety, equal to or greater than 10 [10].
  2. (b) PHQ-9: nine items, with a four-point scale: 0 (not at all) to 3 (several days), The score ranging from 0 to 27. It is estimated, as a positive indicator of major depression, equal to 10 [20]
  3. (c) WHODAS 12. Contains 12 items, the scores of each question were recoded and later the following formula was used [20]: Compute S1-S12 = (S1 + S2 + S3 + S4 + S5 + S6 + S7 + S8 + S9 + S10 + S11 + S12) * 100/36