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Table 4 Affirmative (yes) answers to screening tool by phase and language of interview

From: Validation of a brief mental health screening tool for pregnant women in a low socio-economic setting

 

English

n (%)

Afrikaans

n (%)

Xhosa

n (%)

P-value***

Phase 1a (n = 30)

n = 14

n = 9

n = 7

 

1. Felt unable to stop worrying, or thinking too much?

5 (35.7)

8 (88.9)

4 (57.1)

0.047

2. Felt down, depressed or hopeless?

3 (21.4)

3 (33.3)

4 (57.1)

0.324

3. Felt little interest or pleasure in doing things that you used to enjoy before?

8 (57.1)

5 (55.6)

6 (85.7)

0.494

4. Had thoughts and plans to harm yourself or commit suicide?

0

1 (11.1)

2 (28.6)

0.076

Phase 2b (n = 36)

n = 15

n = 10

n = 10

 

1. Felt unable to stop worrying, or thinking too much?

5 (33.3)

6 (60.0)

4 (40.0)

0.471

2. Felt down, depressed or hopeless?

5 (33.3)

5 (50.0)

6 (60.0)

0.400

3. Been concerned/troubled about having little interest or pleasure in doing things?

6 (40.0)

4 (40.0)

6 (60.0)

0.685

4. Had thoughts and plans to harm yourself or commit suicide?

0

1 (10.0)

0

0.571

  1. abased on a 4 week recall period, and asks about ‘have you often’
  2. bbased on a 2 week recall period, and asks about ‘have you on some or most days’
  3. ***Fisher’s exact test