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Table 2 Mental health and personal preventive behaviors among pregnant women by region (N = 15 428)

From: Mental health and preventive behaviour of pregnant women in China during the early phase of the COVID-19 period

 

Total

Northern China

Eastern China

Southern China

Central China

Northwest China

Difference between groups

Mental health

       

Depression (measured by PHQ-9)

  

χ2(16) = 76.91***

 Minimal (0 to 4)

8705 (56.4%)

1481 (58.7%)

4350 (57.0%)

1662 (57.8%)

808 (52.3%)

404 (47.4%)

 

 Mild (5 to 9)

4402 (28.5%)

721 (28.6%)

2,160 (28.3%)

769 (26.8%)

494 (32.0%)

258 (30.3%)

 

 Moderate (10 to 14)

1549 (10.0%)

216 (8.6%)

764 (10.0%)

291 (10.1%)

160 (10.4%)

118 (13.8%)

 

 Moderately severe (15 to 29)

566 (3.7%)

79 (3.1%)

255 (3.3%)

112 (3.9%)

65 (4.2%)

54 (6.3%)

 

 Severe (20 to 27)

206 (1.3%)

28 (1.1%)

103 (1.3%)

39 (1.4%)

18 (1.2%)

18 (2.1%)

 

Anxiety (measured by GAD-7)

  

χ2(12) = 62.47***

 Minimal (0 to 4)

11 079 (71.8%)

1871 (74.1%)

5582 (73.1%)

2026 (70.5%)

1051 (68.0%)

549 (64.4%)

 

 Mild (5 to 9)

3258 (21.1%)

489 (19.4%)

1573 (20.6%)

610 (21.2%)

372 (24.1%)

213 (25.0%)

 

 Moderate (10 to 14)

734 (4.8%)

106 (4.2%)

325 (4.3%)

159 (5.5%)

85 (5.5%)

59 (6.9%)

 

 Severe (15 to 21)

357 (2.3%)

59 (2.3%)

152 (2.0%)

78 (2.7%)

37 (2.4%)

31 (3.6%)

 

Personal preventive behaviors

     

Frequency of wearing face mask when going out

  

χ2(12) = 76.33***

 Never

5507 (35.7%)

837 (33.1%)

2607 (34.2%)

1134 (39.5%)

585 (37.9%)

344 (40.4%)

 

 Seldom

5416 (35.1%)

893 (35.4%)

2691 (35.3%)

970 (33.8%)

585 (37.9%)

277 (32.5%)

 

 Sometimes

1444 (9.4%)

279 (11.9%)

714 (9.4%)

233 (8.1%)

142 (9.2%)

76 (8.9%)

 

 Always

3061 (19.8%)

516 (20.4%)

1620 (21.2%)

536 (18.7%)

233 (15.1%)

155 (18.2%)

 

Frequency of washing hands with soap per day

  

χ2(16) = 414.66***

 0 to 2 times

1934 (12.5%)

138 (5.5%)

1002 (13.1%)

435 (15.1%)

302 (19.5%)

57 (6.7%)

 

 3 to 5 times

5917 (38.4%)

820 (32.5%)

2970 (38.9%)

1159 (40.3%)

648 (41.9%)

319 (37.4%)

 

 6 to 10 times

4634 (30.0%)

918 (36.4%)

2265 (29.7%)

750 (26.1%)

385 (24.9%)

316 (37.1%)

 

 11 to 15 times

1388 (9.0%)

314 (12.4%)

689 (9.0%)

204 (7.1%)

102 (6.6%)

79 (9.3%)

 

 More than 15 times

1555 (10.1%)

335 (13.3%)

706 (9.3%)

325 (11.3%)

108 (7.0%)

81 (9.5%)

 
  1. PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9, GAD-7 General Anxiety Disorder-7