Associations between splinting and psychosocial scores at 8 weeks
| 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 | 75/222 | 34 | 67/317 | 21 | 0.00 | 1.60 | 1.21 to 2.12 | ||
| No | Mean | SD | No | Mean | SD | p Value | MD | 95% CI | |
| Anxiety scale (STAI) | 222 | 37.3 | 13.2 | 317 | 33.5 | 10.9 | 0.00 | 3.8 | 1.7 to 5.9 |
| Depression (EPDS) | 222 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 318 | 7.2 | 4.4 | 0.19 | 0.5 | −0.3 to 1.3 |
| Parenting stress total (PSI) | 213 | 42.4 | 9.8 | 309 | 41.7 | 9.4 | 0.46 | 0.6 | −1.1 to 2.3 |
| PSI sense competence | 220 | 22.7 | 6.4 | 316 | 22.7 | 6.0 | 0.87 | 0.1 | −1.0 to 1.1 |
| PSI attachment | 220 | 9.5 | 2.6 | 316 | 9.7 | 2.6 | 0.48 | −0.2 | −0.6 to 0.3 |
| PSI child moody | 218 | 9.9 | 3.2 | 315 | 9.5 | 3.2 | 0.08 | 0.5 | −0.1 to 1.0 |
| Hip worries inventory | 222 | 30.6 | 7.2 | 319 | 23.8 | 5.9 | 0.00 | 6.8 | 5.6 to 7.9 |