Bivariate relationships between mother and infant characteristics and mother-infant relationship domains
| Maternal postnatal attachment | Bonding difficulties | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | t value | p Value | OR (95% CI) or mean (SD), p Value | |
| Prenatal versus postnatal diagnosis of cardiac abnormality | 84.1 (6.7) vs 84.9 (7.8) | 0.43 | 0.33 | OR 2.63 (0.89 to 8.9) |
| Cyanotic versus acyanotic disease | 84.7 (6.9) vs 84.4 (7.5) | 0.20 | 0.42 | OR 0.75 (0.25 to 2.16) |
| Palliative versus corrective surgery | 84.2 (6.7) vs 84.7 (7.4) | 0.29 | 0.62 | OR 1.66 (0.54 to 4.93) |
| Bivariate correlation | ||||
| Mean (SD) | t value | p Value | ||
| Maternal depression | ||||
| EPDS >9 (above vs below community cut-off) | 80.1 (8.9) vs 86.7 (5) | 4.1 | 0.00 | OR 4.4 (1.3 to 15.2) |
| EPDS >12.5 (above vs below clinical cut-off) | 77.3 (10.6) vs 85.7 (5.7) | −3.9 | 0.00 | OR 6.3 (1.4 to 29.8) |
| EPDS total | −0.44* | 0.00 | 9.1 (5.3) vs 6.2 (3.9), p=0.01 | |
| Mother occupational status | 0.14* | 0.25 | 4.3 (1) vs 4.4 (1.2), p=0.37 | |
| Bivariate correlation | p Value | Mann Whitney | ||
| Length of admission (days) | 0.00† | 0.98 | z=−2.37, p=0.02 | |
†Spearman r.
*Pearson r.
EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Socioeconomic status measured by Daniel Scale of Occupational Prestige.39