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Table 1 Population demographics

From: Co-occurrence of depression, anxiety, and perinatal posttraumatic stress in postpartum persons

 

All

(n = 613)

Positive Depression Screening,

PHQ9 > 4

(n = 156)

Negative Depression Screening,

PHQ9 \(\le\) 4

(n = 457)

P-values

PHQ9 > 4

Age, mean ± sd

27.0 ± 6.4

26.1 ± 6.2

27.4 ± 6.5

0.009

 

Gestational age at delivery, weeks, meant ± sd

37.9 ± 2.2

37.9 ± 2.4

38.0 ± 2.2

0.883

 

Employment, n (%)

   

0.012

 

Unemployed

423 (69.0%)

95 (60.9%)

328 (71.8%)

 

22.5

Employed

190 (31.0%)

61 (39.1%)

129 (28.2%)

 

32.1

Insurance, n (%)

   

0.728

 

Medicare/Medicaid

566 (92.3%)

143 (91.7%)

423 (92.6%)

 

25.3

Private/Other

47 (7.7%)

13 (8.3%)

34 (7.4%)

 

27.7

Education, n (%)

   

0.912

 

 < HS Education

137 (22.3)

34 (21.8)

103 (22.5)

 

24.8

HS Degree

233 (38.0)

60 (38.5)

173 (37.9)

 

25.8

 > HS Degree

157 (25.6)

44 (28.2)

113 (24.7)

 

28

Missing Education

86 (14.0)

18 (11.5)

68 (14.9)

 

20.9

Marital status, n (%)

   

0.01

 

Married

136 (22.2%)

23 (14.7%)

113 (24.7%)

 

16.9

Single

477 (77.8%)

133 (85.3%)

344 (75.3%)

 

27.9

Ethnicity, n (%)

   

 < 0.001

 

Non-Hispanic Ethnicity

460 (75.0%)

142 (91.0%)

318 (69.6%)

 

30.9

Hispanic Ethnicity

153 (25.0%)

14 (9.0%)

139 (30.4%)

 

9.2

Race, n (%)

   

 < 0.001

 

AA Race

313 (51.1%)

102 (65.4%)

211 (46.2%)

 

32.6

Non-AA Race

300 (48.9%)

54 (34.6%)

246 (53.8%)

 

18

Postpartum Mental Health

Perinatal PTSD, n (%)

 PPQII ≥ 19 (positive screening)

31 (5.1%)

31 (19.9%)

0 (0.0%)

 < 0.001

100.0

 PPQII < 19

582 (94.9%)

125 (80.1%)

457 (100.0%)

 

21.5

General Anxiety, n (%)

 GAD7 > 4 (mild anxiety or more)

141 (23%)

111 (71.2%)

30 (6.6%)

 

78.7

 GAD7 \(\le\) 4

472 (77%)

45 (28.8%)

427 (93.4%)

 < 0.001

9.5