Characteristics of the Study Sample of Pregnant and Postpartum Women with Prevalence of Depressive Symptomatology*
| Descriptive Variables | 15 Week Pregnancy | 30 Week Pregnancy | Postpartum | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 414) | EPDS ≥13 (n = 72) | Total (n = 334) | EPDS ≥13(n = 44) | Total (n = 193) | EPDS ≥13 (n = 10) | |
| Demographic variables | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| 14–18 | 53 (13) | 11 (15) | 45 (14) | 8 (18) | 21 (11) | 0 |
| 19–24 | 220 (53) | 39 (54) | 172 (51) | 23 (52) | 103 (53) | 5 (50) |
| 25–29 | 95 (23) | 18 (25) | 76 (22) | 10 (23) | 43 (22) | 3 (30) |
| 30+ | 46 (11) | 4 (6) | 41 (12) | 3 (7) | 26 (14) | 2 (20) |
| Race | ||||||
| Hispanic | 20 (5) | 4 (6) | 15 (5) | 1 (2) | 10 (5) | 0 |
| African-American | 125 (30) | 27 (38) | 88 (26) | 15 (34) | 41 (21) | 2 (20) |
| White | 258 (62) | 39 (54) | 226 (68) | 28 (64) | 137 (71) | 8 (80) |
| Other | 11 (3) | 2 (3) | 5 (2) | 0 | 5 (3) | 0 |
| Education | ||||||
| <High school | 94 (23) | 20 (28) | 76 (23) | 16 (36) | 43 (22) | 1 (10) |
| Still in high school | 42 (10) | 6 (8) | 36 (11) | 6 (14) | 17 (9) | 0 |
| High school or equivalent | 172 (42) | 29 (40) | 136 (41) | 14 (32) | 89 (46) | 7 (70) |
| Any college or more | 106 (26) | 17 (24) | 86 (26) | 8 (18) | 44 (22) | 2 (20) |
| Parity (previous live births) | ||||||
| 0 | 185 (45) | 27 (38) | 142 (43) | 14 (32) | 81 (42) | 3 (30) |
| 1 | 117 (28) | 23 (32) | 89 (27) | 16 (36) | 54 (28) | 4 (40) |
| 2–5 | 112 (27) | 22 (31) | 103 (31) | 14 (32) | 58 (30) | 3 (30) |
| Insurance | ||||||
| Medical assistance | ||||||
| Self-pay | 375 (91) | 70 (97) | 301 (90) | 42 (96) | 168 (87) | 10 (100) |
| Private | 39 (9) | 2 (3) | 33 (10) | 2 (5) | 25 (13) | 0 |
| Depression measures | ||||||
| History of depression | 122 (30) | 45 (63) | 97 (29) | 23 (52) | 54 (28) | 5 (50) |
| Two-item screen positive | 151 (37) | 67 (93) | 94 (28) | 36 (82) | 33 (17) | 8 (80) |
| Two-item screen and history of depression | 42 (50) | 70 (97) | 148 (44) | 41 (93) | 54 (37) | 9 (90) |
* Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale score ≥13.
All values provided a n (%). Bolded values indicate significant association (P < .05; Pearson's χ2 or Fisher's exact test if cells contain ≤5).