Table 3 Care utilization and completion of prenatal milestones among individuals who screened positive versus negative for depressive symptoms on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Variable | EPDS positive | EPDS negative | Total | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 85 (11.8) | n = 633 (88.2) | n = 718 | ||||
Total number of visits | ||||||
Prenatal care | 11 (8–13) | 11 (9–13) | 11 (9–13) | 0.314 | ||
L&D triage | 2 (1–4) | 1 (0–3) | 1 (0–3) | 0.088 | ||
Low vs. high care utilization | ||||||
Prenatal care visits | ||||||
< 8 | 20 (23.5) | 106 (16.8) | 126 (17.6) | 0.123 | ||
≥ 8 | 65 (76.5) | 527 (83.3) | 592 (82.5) | |||
L&D triage visits | ||||||
< 2 | 38 (44.7) | 341 (53.9) | 379 (52.8) | 0.112 | ||
≥ 2 | 47 (55.3) | 292 (46.1) | 339 (47.2) | |||
Correlation between visit counts and EPDS score | ||||||
Prenatal care visits | r =.049, P =.659 | r=-.058, P =.144 | r=-.053, P =.160 | NA | ||
L&D triage visits | r =.212, P =.051 | r =.057, P =.151 | r =.103, P =.006* | NA | ||
Third trimester prenatal care milestones | ||||||
Tdap vaccination | 39 (45.9) | 272 (43.0) | 311 (43.3) | 0.611 | ||
STI screening | 53 (62.4) | 386 (61.0) | 439 (61.1) | 0.807 | ||
GDM screening | 46 (54.1) | 424 (67.0) | 470 (65.5) | 0.019* | ||
GBS screening | 60 (70.6) | 532 (84.0) | 592 (82.5) | 0.002* | ||