Table 3.

Parents’ Emotional and Relational Functioning during the First Month after Delivery and before Pregnancy (Modified GARF Scale)

DisorderCasesControlsTotalP*Odds ratio (95% CI)
N%N%N%
Mother (puerperium)
 Moderate/severe2956.93837.36743.8.0212.22
 None/mild2243.16462.78656.2(1.12–4.40)
Mother (before pregnancy)
 Moderate/severe2549.04342.26844.4.421
 None/mild2651.05957.88555.6
Father (puerperium)
 Moderate/severe1539.52428.93932.2.249
 None/mild2360.55971.18267.8
Father (before pregnancy)
 Moderate/severe1539.53036.14537.2.725
 None/mild2360.55363.97662.8
  • * χ2 test.