Associations between splinting and psychosocial scores at 12 months
| Splinted before 8 weeks | Not splinted before 8 weeks | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | p Value | RR | 95% CI | |||
| MD, Mean difference; RR, relative rate; CI, confidence interval; EPDS, Edinburgh postnatal depression scale; PSI, parenting stress index; STAI, Spielberger state-trait anxiety inventory. | |||||||||
| Anxiety in clinical range | 35/161 | 22 | 59/252 | 23 | 0.69 | 0.93 | 0.64 to 1.34 | ||
| No | Mean | SD | No | Mean | SD | p Value | MD | 95% CI | |
| Anxiety scale (STAI) | 161 | 33.7 | 10.7 | 252 | 33.8 | 10.8 | 0.94 | −0.1 | −2.2 to 2.1 |
| Depression (EPDS) | 162 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 254 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 0.80 | −0.1 | −1.1 to 0.8 |
| Parenting stress total (PSI) | 149 | 66.3 | 13.2 | 224 | 66.2 | 13.1 | 0.96 | 0.1 | −2.7 to 2.8 |
| PSI sense competence | 164 | 22.3 | 5.6 | 248 | 22.9 | 5.7 | 0.32 | −0.6 | −1.7 to 0.6 |
| PSI attachment | 164 | 10.5 | 3.0 | 247 | 10.6 | 2.8 | 0.55 | −0.2 | −0.7 to 0.4 |
| PSI child moody | 166 | 8.9 | 2.9 | 252 | 8.6 | 2.7 | 0.34 | 0.3 | −0.3 to 0.8 |
| PSI child rewarding | 166 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 252 | 8.6 | 2.5 | 0.49 | 0.2 | −0.3 to 0.7 |
| PSI spouse | 159 | 15.9 | 4.5 | 239 | 15.6 | 4.6 | 0.43 | 0.4 | −0.6 to 1.3 |
| Hip worries inventory | 169 | 18.6 | 5.1 | 254 | 17.2 | 5.4 | 0.01 | 1.3 | 0.3 to 2.4 |