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Table 2 Proportion of women who reported receiving perinatal mental health information and psychosocial assessment during the perinatal period, by State/Territory

From: Disparities in reported psychosocial assessment across public and private maternity settings: a national survey of women in Australia

Outcome

Total

NSW

VIC

QLD

SA

WA

TAS

ACT

NT

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

During pregnancy

(N = 1804)

(N = 494)

(N = 501)

(N = 373)

(N = 143)

(N = 163)

(N = 56)

(N = 48)

(N = 16)

Provision of PMH information

1412 (78.3)

391 (79.1)

372 (74.3)

289 (77.5)

112 (78.3)

132 (81.0)

49 (87.5)

46 (95.8)*

13 (81.2)*

Psychosocial assessment domain

         

Current mental health

1205 (66.8)

350 (70.9)

287 (57.3)

240 (64.3)

95 (66.4)

131 (80.4)

40 (71.4)

41 (85.4)

12 (75.0)*

Mental health history

954 (52.9)

315 (63.8)

217 (43.3)

193 (51.7)

74 (51.7)

82 (50.3)

29 (51.8)

31 (64.6)

8 (50.0)

Level of support

1261 (69.9)

374 (75.7)

332 (66.3)

258 (69.2)

103 (72.0)

103 (63.2)

37 (66.1)

36 (75.0)

11 (68.8)

Drug and alcohol use

1220 (67.6)

355 (71.9)

308 (61.5)

258(69.2)

99 (69.2)

98 (60.1)

40 (71.4)

42 (87.5)

13 (81.2)*

Domestic violence or abuse

644 (35.7)

261 (52.8)

110 (22.0)

150 (40.2)

54 (37.8)

33 (20.2)

12 (21.4)

12 (25.0)

7 (43.8)

During postnatal period §

(N = 1442)

(N = 398)

(N = 394)

(N = 305)

(N = 114)

(N = 129)

(N = 44)

(N = 38)

(N = 14)

Provision of PMH information

1176 (81.6)

322 (80.9)

350 (88.8)

210 (68.9)

89 (78.1)

118 (91.5)

38 (86.4)

32 (84.2)

12 (85.7)*

Psychosocial assessment domain

         

Current mental health

1090 (75.6)

303 (76.1)

331 (84.0)

179 (58.7)

75 (65.8)

115 (89.1)

39 (88.6)

30 (78.9)

12 (85.7)

Mental health history

594 (41.2)

190 (47.7)

144 (36.5)

84 (27.5)

58 (50.9)

64 (49.6)

23 (52.3)

20 (52.6)

8 (57.1)

Level of support

1011 (70.1)

291 (73.1)

298 (75.6)

159 (52.1)

85 (74.6)

100 (77.5)

34 (77.3)

28 (73.7)

11 (78.6)

Drug and alcohol use

509 (35.3)

184 (46.2)

115 (29.2)

73 (23.9)

52 (45.6)

42 (32.6)

19 (43.2)

13 (34.2)

8 (57.1)

Domestic violence or abuse

458 (31.8)

185 (46.5)

110 (27.9)

58 (19.0)

48 (42.1)

27 (20.9)

11 (25.0)

12 (31.6)

4 (28.6)**

  1. NSW New South Wales, VIC Victoria, QLD Queensland, SA South Australia, WA Western Australia, TAS Tasmania, ACT Australian Capital Territory, NT Northern Territory, PMH Perinatal Mental Health, §postnatal period defined as 0–12 months following birth; *N < 5 women not provided with perinatal mental health information or not assessed in that domain; **N < 5 women assessed in that domain.