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Table 4 Parenting stress score by anxiety and depression status in Côte d’Ivoire

From: Mental health related determinants of parenting stress among urban mothers of young children – results from a birth-cohort study in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire

 

Depressed (n = 38)

Non-depressed (n = 267)

p

Anxious (n = 16)

Non-anxious (n = 289)

p

Entire sample (n = 305)

Parenting stress at 3 month (36-180)

92.4 (11.8)

85.0 (9.7)

<0.001

94.9 (15.2)

85.4 (9.7)

<0.001

85.9 (10.2)

  Parental distress (12-60)

36.7 (5.8)

31.6 (5.2)

<0.001

37.3 (7.1)

32.0 (5.3)

<0.001

32.2 (5.5)

  Parental-child dysfunctional interaction (12-60)

26.4 (4.3)

25.7 (3.6)

0.31

26.6 (4.9)

25.7 (3.7)

0.36

25.8 (3.7)

  Difficult child (12-60)

29.7 (5.1)

27.6 (4.2)

0.005

31.0 (6.1)

27.7 (4.2)

0.01

27.9 (4.4)

 

Depressed (n = 49)

Non-depressed (n = 232)

p

Anxious (n = 33)

Non-anxious (n = 498)

p

Entire sample (n = 281)

Parenting stress at 12 month (36-180)

95.8 (10.3)

84.2 (8.9)

<0.001

96.2 (10.7)

85.2 (9.5)

<0.001

86.2 (10.1)

  Parental distress (12-60)

38.1 (6.3)

30.5 (4.9)

<0.001

38.7 (6.4)

31.2 (5.4)

<0.001

31.9 (5.9)

  Parental-child dysfunctional interaction (12-60)

26.6 (3.1)

25.7 (2.8)

0.04

26.5 (3.0)

25.8 (2.8)

0.26

25.9 (2.9)

  Difficult child (12-60)

31.3 (5.2)

28.0 (3.9)

<0.001

31.0 (5.2)

28.3 (4.2)

0.002

28.6 (4.3)

 

Depressed (n = 6)

Non-depressed (n = 56)

p

Anxious (n = 1)

Non-anxious (n = 61)

p

Entire sample (n = 62)

Parenting stress at 24 month (36-180)

103.7 (8.5)

81.9 (9.8)

<0.001

118

83.5 (10.8)

0.002

84.0 (11.6)

  Parental distress (12-60)

41.4 (4.3)

28.9 (5.3)

<0.001

46

30.0 (6.2)

0.01

30.2 (6.4)

  Parental-child dysfunctional interaction (12-60)

29.0 (3.7)

24.9 (2.5)

<0.001

34

25.2 (2.7)

0.002

25.3 (2.9)

  Difficult child (12-60)

33.7 (4.5)

28.1 (4.4)

0.005

38

28.5 (4.5)

0.04

28.6 (4.7)

  1. Note: Exposures (depression and anxiety) and outcome (PS score) were assessed and compared at the same time. For example, the comparison of 3 month PS is between depressed vs. non-depressed or anxious vs. non-anxious mothers at 3 months. Bold: p<0.05.