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Table 3 Association between total score and individual item scores of perceived social support during early pregnancy and postpartum depressive symptoms

From: The effect of perceived social support during early pregnancy on depressive symptoms at 6 weeks postpartum: a prospective study

 

PPD/Non-PPD

Crude OR (95%CI)

Adjusted OR (95%CI)

Model I†

Mode II‡

Perceived social support

 low

56/223

2.21 (1.59–3.08)

1.63 (1.15–2.30)

1.77 (1.24–2.52)

 high

231/2036

Reference

Reference

Reference

Item 1

 None/A little/Some

74/353

2.20 (1.61–3.00)

1.62 (1.16–2.26)

1.73 (1.24–2.42)

 Most

87/584

1.56 (1.17–2.09)

1.40 (1.04–1.90)

1.36 (1.00–1.85)

 All

126/1322

Reference

Reference

Reference

 p for trend

 

< 0.001

  

Item 2

 None/A little/Some

81/436

2.09 (1.54–2.85)

1.58 (1.14–2.20)

1.59 (1.14–2.22)

 Most

99/617

1.81 (1.35–2.42)

1.65 (1.23–2.24)

1.60 (1.18–2.16)

 All

107/1206

Reference

Reference

Reference

 p for trend

 

< 0.001

  

Item 3

 None/A little/Some

26/88

2.62 (1.64–4.18)

1.89 (1.16–3.07)

2.00 (1.22–3.29)

 Most

52/321

1.43 (1.03–2.00)

1.32 (0.94–1.85)

1.22 (0.87–1.73)

 All

209/1850

Reference

Reference

Reference

 p for trend

 

< 0.001

  

Item 5

 None/A little/Some

48/179

2.51 (1.76–3.58)

1.85 (1.27–2.70)

2.05 (1.40–3.01)

 Most

63/431

1.37 (1.01–1.86)

1.20 (0.87–1.65)

1.17 (0.85–1.62)

 All

176/1649

Reference

Reference

Reference

 p for trend

 

< 0.001

  

Item 6

 None/A little/Some

76/363

2.05 (1.51–2.77)

1.57 (1.14–2.16)

1.64 (1.19–2.28)

 Most

72/537

1.31 (0.97–1.77)

1.19 (0.87–1.63)

1.17 (0.85–1.60)

 All

139/1359

Reference

Reference

Reference

 p for trend

 

< 0.001

  
  1. † model I Perceived social support, Item 2, 5, 6: adjustment for health state, sleep quality, economic status; Item 1: adjustment for health state, BMI, sleep quality, economic status; Item 3: adjustment for health state, sleep quality
  2. ‡ model II: adjustment for age, education, BMI, health state, sleep quality, economic status, smoking state, alcohol use, parity, ethnicity