Psychosocial Characteristics and Obstetric Health of Women Attending a Specialist Substance Use Antenatal Clinic in a Large Metropolitan Hospital

Table 1

Demographic and psychosocial characteristics of pregnant substance dependent women and comparison group.

	Substance dependent; group (𝑛=41)	Comparison; group (𝑛=47)	Statistical comparison
Age (in years) mean (SD)	28.8 (5.3)	33.3 (4.2)	𝑡86=4.47^∗∗
Years of completed schooling mean (SD)	10.3 (1.6)	11.9 (0.5)	𝑡46=6.12^∗∗
% Currently married/de facto	46.3	93.6	OR 0.06 (95% CI 0.02–0.22)**
% ATSI	26.8	0	N/A
% Unemployed	80.5	21.3	OR 15.3 (5.4–43.2)**
% Currently homeless	12.2	2.1	not significant
% Exposed to violence in past year	24.4	8.5	OR 3.5 (1.00–12.08)*
SF-12 Mental functioning score mean (SD)	43.2 (12.7)	52.5 (7.3)	𝑡60=4.1^∗∗
SF-12 Physical functioning score mean (SD)	41.4 (9.4)	44.7 (7.8)	not significant
DASS Depression score mean (SD)	9.9 (11.2)	4.4 (5.2)	𝑡55=−2.9^∗
DASS Anxiety score mean (SD)	6.7 (6.3)	3.0 (5.3)	𝑡77=−2.9^∗
DASS Stress score mean (SD)	12.5 (10.5)	7.7 (7.5)	𝑡69=−2.4^∗

^∗𝑃<.05.
^∗∗𝑃<.001.