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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of women who completed the study

From: Obstetric anesthesia clinic childbirth course combined with labor epidural analgesia is associated with a decreased risk of postpartum depression : a prospective cohort study

Variables

Group C

(n = 164, %)

Group AC

(n = 161, %)

Group LEA

(n = 165, %)

Group AC + LEA

(n = 165, %)

P

Age (year)

25.4 ± 3.6

26.0 ± 3.3

25.9 ± 3.2

25.9 ± 3.1

0.341

Body mass index (kg/m2)

27.6 ± 1.8

27.8 ± 2.0

27.7 ± 2.1

28.0 ± 2.0

0.426

Educational background

    

0.493

 Middle school

24 (12.2%)

15 (9.3%)

17 (10.3%)

16 (9.7%)

 

 High school

83 (50.6%)

84 (52.2%)

85 (51.5%)

80 (48.5%)

 

 Bachelor or post-graduate

61 (37.2%)

62 (38.5%)

63 (38.2%)

69 (41.8%)

 

Family monthly incomes (RMB, Yuan)

    

0.056

  ≤ 5000

7 (4.3%)

6 (3.7%)

3 (1.8%)

3 (1.8%)

 

 5001–10,000

72 (43.9%)

65 (40.4%)

60 (36.4%)

49 (29.7%)

 

  ≥ 10,000

85 (51.8%)

90 (55.9%)

102 (61.8%)

113 (68.5%)

 

With stable occupation

112 (68.3%)

118 (73.3%)

126 (76.4%)

131 (79.4%)

0.117

Place of residence

    

0.122

 City

59 (36.0%)

71 (44.1%)

78 (47.3%)

85 (51.5%)

 

 Township

50 (30.5%)

48 (29.8%)

42 (25.5%)

84 (26.7%)

 

 Rural

55 (33.5%)

42 (26.1%)

45 (27.2%)

36 (21.8%)

 

Marital status

    

0.935

 Married

158 (96.3%)

156 (96.9%)

161 (97.6%)

160 (97.0%)

 

 Single or divorced

6 (3.7%)

5 (3.1%)

4 (2.4%)

5 (3.0%)

 

Planned pregnancy

108 (65.9%)

112 (69.6%)

114 (69.1%)

118 (71.5%)

0.742

History of adverse pregnancy

32 (19.5%)

35 (21.7%)

33 (20%)

30 (18.2%)

0.880

Gravidity

    

0.358

 1

102 (62.2%)

105 (65.2%)

110 (66.7%)

109 (66.1%)

 

 2

45 (27.4%)

43 (26.7%)

37 (22.4%)

34 (20.6%)

 

 3

11 (6.7%)

11 (6.8%)

14 (8.5%)

12 (7.3%)

 

 4

6 (3.7%)

2 (1.2%)

4 (2.4%)

10 (6.1%)

 

Attend an obstetric delivery course

12 (7.3%)

18 (11.2%)

13 (7.9%)

19 (12.7%)

0.286

smoking during pregnancy

2 (1.2%)

1 (0.6%)

3 (1.8%)

2 (1.2%)

0.811

drinking during pregnancy

5 (3.0%)

4 (2.5%)

7 (4.2%)

6 (3.6%)

0.833

Medical payment

    

0.198

 Medical insurance

113 (54.9%)

107 (57.1%)

121 (68.5%)

126 (76.4%)

 

 Self-paying

51 (45.1%)

54 (42.9%)

44 (31.5%)

39 (23.6%)

 

Maternal comorbidities

    

0.343

 Hypertension

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.6%)

2 (1.2%)

2 (1.2%)

 

 Diabetes

20 (12.2%)

26 (16.1%)

25 (15.2%)

27 (16.4%)

 

 Hypothyroidism

10 (6.1%)

25 (15.5%)

15 (9.1%)

17 (10.3%)

 

 Anemia

8 (4.9%)

6 (3.7%)

11 (6.7%)

13 (7.9%)

 

EPDS score

6 (5, 7)

6 (5, 7)

6 (5, 7)

6 (5, 7)

0.152

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD, number of patients (percentage);
  2. EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
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