Service use during the follow-up period
| Control (N=175) | Intervention (N=184) | Two-sided t-test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service type | No. | Mean | No. | Mean | p Value |
| MCH services | |||||
| MCH visit | 793 | 4.5 | 800 | 4.4 | 0.581 |
| MCH home visit | 74 | 0.4 | 89 | 0.5 | 0.612 |
| MCH telephone line | 192 | 1.1 | 232 | 1.3 | 0.581 |
| First-time parents’ group | 845 | 4.8 | 924 | 5.0 | 0.525 |
| Mental health | |||||
| Psychologist, psychiatrist or counsellor | 105 | 0.6 | 108 | 0.6 | 0.966 |
| Psychiatric mother–baby unit admission | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.167 |
| Web therapy session | 16 | 0.1 | 106 | 0.6 | 0.289 |
| Antidepressant, anxiolytic or sedative | 11 | 0.1 | 20 | 0.1 | 0.161 |
| Primary care | |||||
| GP | 516 | 2.9 | 623 | 3.4 | 0.213 |
| Clinic nurse | 27 | 0.2 | 42 | 0.2 | 0.324 |
| Nurse-on-call (telephone helpline) | 59 | 0.3 | 70 | 0.4 | 0.599 |
| Medical | |||||
| Obstetrician | 67 | 0.4 | 88 | 0.5 | 0.232 |
| Paediatrician | 117 | 0.7 | 115 | 0.6 | 0.764 |
| Other specialist | 12 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.924 |
| Allied health (physiotherapist, dietician or social worker) | 197 | 1.1 | 268 | 1.5 | 0.316 |
| Complementary healthcare | 266 | 1.5 | 254 | 1.4 | 0.693 |
| Hospital-related | |||||
| Outpatients | 85 | 0.5 | 105 | 0.6 | 0.597 |
| Emergency department visit | 47 | 0.3 | 54 | 0.3 | 0.725 |
| Total days hospital admission | 71 | 0.4 | 35 | 0.3 | 0.320 |
| Early parenting services | |||||
| Residential early parenting centre | 6 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.940 |
| Early parenting centre day stay | 16 | 0.1 | 17 | 0.1 | 0.976 |
| Breastfeeding telephone helpline | 85 | 0.5 | 90 | 0.5 | 0.979 |
| Lactation consultant, mothercraft nurse, support group or other parenting service | 145 | 0.8 | 157 | 0.9 | 0.922 |