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Table 2 Psychosocial characteristics and life events of women who completed the prenatal care trial, compared to women who dropped out or became unreachable

From: Retaining women in a prenatal care randomized controlled trial in Canada: implications for program planning

 

Responder

N = 1561

n (%)

Drop out

N = 197

n (%)

Unreachable

N = 124

n (%)

Responder vs. Drop out Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Responder vs. Unreachable Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Psychosocial characteristic

       

   Social Support*

       

High

1102 (70.7)

115 (59.3)

70 (56.9)

Reference

0.001

Reference

0.001

Low

456 (29.3)

79 (40.7)

53 (43.1)

1.66 (1.22,2.26)

 

1.83 (1.26,2.66)

 

   Negative Network Orientation*+

       

High

550 (35.2)

92 (46.7)

61 (49.2)

1.61 (1.19,2.17)

0.002

1.78 (1.23,2.57)

0.002

Low

1011 (64.8)

105 (53.3)

63 (50.8)

Reference

 

Reference

 

   Self Esteem*

       

High

1112 (71.4)

131 (66.5)

79 (63.7)

Reference

0.156

Reference

0.071

Low

446 (28.6)

66 (33.5)

45 (36.3)

1.25 (0.92,1.72)

 

1.42 (0.97,2.08)

 

   Total Distress*

       

High

1013 (64.9)

123 (62.4)

68 (54.8)

1.11 (0.82,1.51)

0.497

1.52 (1.05,2.20)

0.025

Low

548 (35.1)

74 (37.6)

56 (45.2)

Reference

 

Reference

 

Life Events

       

   History of drug problems

       

Yes

54 (3.5)

5 (2.5)

13 (10.5)

0.76 (0.29, 1.84)

0.499

3.27 (1.73, 6.17)

<0.001

No

1507 (96.5)

192 (97.5)

111 (89.5)

Reference

 

Reference

 

   History of alcohol problems

       

Yes

53 (3.4)

6 (3.1)

10 (8.1)

0.89 (0.38, 2.11)

0.797

2.50 (1.24, 5.04)

0.008

No

1508 (96.6)

191 (96.9)

114 (91.9)

Reference

 

Reference

 

   History of unemployed when wanted to work

       

Yes

161 (10.3)

26 (13.2)

29 (23.4)

1.32 (0.85, 2.06)

0.217

2.65 (1.70, 4.15)

<0.001

No

1399 (89.7)

171 (86.8)

95 (76.6)

Reference

 

Reference

 

   History of depression

       

Yes

353 (22.7)

57 (29.1)

47 (38.2)

1.40 (1.00,1.95)

0.046

2.11 (1.43,3.09)

<0.001

No

1204 (77.3)

139 (70.9)

76 (61.8)

Reference

 

Reference

 

   History of suicidal thoughts or attempt

       

Yes

162 (10.4)

21 (10.7)

21 (17.1)

1.03 (0.64, 1.67)

0.894

1.77 (1.08, 2.91)

0.022

No

1395 (89.6)

175 (89.3)

102 (82.9)

Reference

 

Reference

 

   History of parents separated or divorced

       

Yes

451 (28.9)

74 (37.6)

60 (48.4)

1.48 (1.09,2.01)

0.012

2.31 (1.59,3.33)

<0.001

No

1109 (71.1)

123 (62.4)

64 (51.6)

Reference

 

Reference

 
  1. *variable dichotomized at top or bottom third of scores
  2. +Women were considered to have negative network orientation if they scored in the top 33rd percent of all network orientation scores from this sample, meaning they were unwilling or reluctant to maintain, nurture, or use those social supports that they had.
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