Table 3 Parenting stress score by anxiety and depression status in Ghana
Depressed (n = 23) | Non-depressed (n = 249) | p | Anxious (n = 14) | Non-anxious (n = 258) | p | Entire sample (n = 272) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parenting stress at 3 month (36-180) | 95.3 (14.4) | 84.2 (14.0) | <0.001 | 93.7 (12.4) | 84.7 (14.3) | 0.02 | 85.1 (14.3) |
Parental distress (12-60) | 38.2 (6.2) | 32.6 (7.4) | <0.001 | 38.1 (5.2) | 32.8 (7.5) | 0.01 | 33.1 (7.5) |
Parental-child dysfunctional interaction (12-60) | 26.8 (6.1) | 23.4 (5.0) | 0.002 | 24.9 (5.9) | 23.6 (5.1) | 0.33 | 23.7 (5.2) |
Difficult child (12-60) | 29.9 (4.6) | 28.1 (4.9) | 0.09 | 29.1 (4.5) | 28.2 (5.0) | 0.48 | 28.3 (4.9) |
Depressed (n = 18) | Non-depressed (n = 232) | p | Anxious (n = 7) | Non-anxious (n = 243) | p | Entire sample (n = 250) | |
Parenting stress at 12 month (36-180) | 94.1 (15.5) | 77.1 (16.2) | <0.001 | 94.4 (13.2) | 77.8 (16.6) | 0.01 | 78.3 (16.7) |
Parental distress (12-60) | 40.4 (8.2) | 30.4 (9.0) | <0.001 | 42.3 (5.9) | 30.8 (9.1) | 0.001 | 31.1 (9.3) |
Parental-child dysfunctional interaction (12-60) | 23.0 (5.9) | 19.3 (5.4) | 0.01 | 21.7 (4.3) | 19.5 (5.6) | 0.29 | 19.5 (5.5) |
Difficult child (12-60) | 30.7 (7.3) | 27.4 (6.5) | 0.04 | 30.4 (6.2) | 27.5 (6.6) | 0.25 | 27.6 (6.6) |
Depressed (n = 11) | Non-depressed (n = 191) | p | Anxious (n = 7) | Non-anxious (n = 195) | p | Entire sample (n = 202) | |
Parenting stress at 24 month (36-180) | 82.9 (19.7) | 71.7 (15.6) | 0.02 | 85.1 (22.3) | 71.8 (15.6) | 0.03 | 72.3 (16.0) |
Parental distress (12-60) | 35.5 (10.6) | 25.5 (9.3) | <0.001 | 34.1 (11.1) | 25.8 (9.5) | 0.008 | 26.2 (9.7) |
Parental-child dysfunctional interaction (12-60) | 18.9 (5.9) | 16.7 (3.9) | 0.07 | 18.0 (7.1) | 16.8 (3.9) | 0.38 | 16.8 (4.0) |
Difficult child (12-60) | 30.4 (7.9) | 29.2 (7.3) | 0.56 | 34.6 (9.1) | 29.0 (7.2) | 0.03 | 29.2 (7.4) |