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Table 3 Significant correlations between socio-demographic, physical, and means of maternal mental health outcome variables

From: Long-term risk of mental health problems in women experiencing preterm birth: a longitudinal study of 29 mothers

 

IES

GHQ Likert

GHQ case

STAI-X1

Mother

    

  Age

43*

   

  Previous psychological treatment

0.37*

0.53**

0.36*

 

  Parity

0.36*

0.49**

0.38*

 

  Trait anxiety (STAI-X 2)

0.35*

  

0.56**

  Pregnancy/birth

    

  Preeclampsia

0.46**

0.56**

0.48**

 

  Vaginal delivery

 

−0.44**

−0.44**

 

  Caesarean

 

0.41*

0.41*

 

  Acute Caesarean

  

0.35*

 

  Planned Caesarean

   

−0.45**

  IVF

0.34*

   

  Bleeding in pregnancy

 

−0.57**

−0.52**

 

Child

    

  CPAP less than 5 days

  

-.36*

 

  IVHa

.37*

   
  1. Assessment at the infant's 6-month post-term age (T2) and the infant's 18-month post-term age (T3). Pearson's correlation coefficients (p < 0.05) are reported. N = 33. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed); **correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed). aIntraventricular haemorrhage, grade 1 or 2 shortly after birth.