Table 1 Description of the study sample by maternal antepartum depression and anxiety status (N = 583)
| Â | Depressed N = 107 | Non-depressed N = 476 | p | Anxious N = 149 | Non-anxious N = 434 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socioeconomic | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mean age ± SD | 26.7 ± 6.9 | 24.1 ± 5.7 | 0.000 | 25.4 ± 6.4 | 24.3 ± 5.9 | 0.041 |
Mean years of schooling ± SD | 3.01 ± 3.3 | 3.9 ± 3.6 | 0.021 | 2.8 ± 3.2 | 4.0 ± 3.6 | 0.000 |
Land (<50 decimal) (%) | 72 (67.3) | 284 (59.7) | 0.144 | 103 (69.1) | 253 (58.3) | 0.019 |
Per capita daily household expenditure on food (<median*) (%) | 61 (57.0) | 232 (48.7) | 0.122 | 93 (62.4) | 200 (46.1) | 0.001 |
Anthropometric | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Weight ± SD (kg) | 46.3 ± 5.6 | 48.3 ± 6.9 | 0.004 | 46.4 ± 5.7 | 48.5 ± 7.1 | 0.001 |
BMI ± SD | 21.0 ± 2.1 | 21.4 ± 2.7 | 0.247 | 20.9 ± 2.0 | 21.4 ± 2.8 | 0.038 |
MUAC ± SD (cm) | 23.1 ± 1.9 | 23.4 ± 2.4 | 0.191 | 22.9 ± 2.0 | 23.1 ± 2.4 | 0.036 |
Obstetric | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Complicated labor (%) | 12 (11.2) | 52 (10.9) | 0.931 | 16 (10.7) | 48 (11.1) | 0.914 |
Instrumental delivery (%) | 3 (2.8) | 33 (6.9) | 0.109 | 5 (3.4) | 31 (7.1) | 0.098 |
EPDS mean score (± SD) | 12.3 ± 2.8 | 5.0 ± 2.4 | 0.000 | - | - |  |
STAI mean score (± SD) | - | - |  | 50.2 ± 4.6 | 37.8 ± 4.6 | 0.000 |