Characteristics of mothers with children defined as being at ‘potential risk of adversity’ (n=1720)
| At potential risk of adversity | Not at potential risk of adversity | OR adjusted by age and deprivation (95% CI) | |
| Number (% of total) | Number (% of total) | ||
| Total | 518 (29.9) | 1212 (70.1) | |
| MBU stay | 58 (30.4) | 133 (69.6) | 1.18 (0.84 to 1.65) 1 |
| General ward | 459 (29.8) | 1079 (70.2) | |
| Diagnosis | |||
| Non-affective psychosis | 49 (9.5) | 82 (6.7) | 1.37 (0.94 to 2.01) |
| Affective psychosis | 22 (4.3) | 49 (4.0) | 1.24 (0.73 to 2.12) |
| Postpartum psychosis | 21 (4.1) | 84 (6.9) | 0.62 (0.37 to 1.03) |
| Non-psychotic depressive episodes | 127 (24.5) | 405 (33.4) | 0.65 (0.51 to 0.83) |
| Any other diagnosis | 426 (82.2) | 997 (82.3) | 0.93 (0.70 to 1.22) |
| Deprivation quintile | |||
| Most deprived | 274 (54.0) | 448 (37.5) | 1.88 (1.52 to 2.32) |
| 2 | 112 (22.1) | 227 (21.5) | 1.03 (0.80 to 1.33) |
| 3 | 61 (12.0) | 214 (17.9) | 0.61 (0.45 to 0.84) |
| 4 | 36 (7.1) | 169 (14.1) | 0.46 (0.32 to 0.68) |
| Least deprived | 24 (7.3) | 108 (9.3) | 0.51 (0.32 to 0.81) |
| Age group | |||
| Under 20 | 61 (11.8) | 128 (10.6) | 1.02 (0.73 to 1.45) |
| 20–25 | 154 (29.7) | 351 (29.0) | 0.91 (0.72 to 1.15) |
| 26–30 | 154 (29.7) | 300 (24.8) | 1.32 (0.98 to 1.67) |
| 31–35 | 90 (17.4) | 253 (20.9) | 0.90 (0.69 to 1.17) |
| 36–40 | 47 (9.1) | 154 (12.7) | 0.73 (0.51 to 1.03) |
| Over40 | 12 (2.3) | 26 (2.2) | 1.15 (0.56 to 2.33) |
| Length of stay | |||
| 5 days or less | 213 (41.1) | 456 (37.6) | 1.16 (0.93 to 1.44) |
| 6–10 days | 103 (19.9) | 244 (20.1) | 0.91 (0.70 to 1.19) |
| 11–20 days | 93 (18.0) | 223 (18.4) | 0.98 (0.73 to 1.29) |
| 21–40 days | 48 (11.2) | 166 (13.7) | 0.84 (0.60 to 1.17) |
| 40 plus days | 51 (9.9) | 123 (10.2) | 0.98 (0.68 to 1.40) |
| Had previous pregnancy | 319 (61.6) | 711 (58.9) | 1.11 (0.89 to 1.40) |
| History of psychiatric admission | 215 (41.5) | 347 (28.6) | 1.76 (1.41 to 2.21) |
| Time of first admission | |||
| Postpartum (0–12 weeks | 73 (14.1) | 154 (12.7) | 1.31 (0.96 to 1.79) |
Women could have more than one diagnosis so numbers are greater than the number of women. In total 27 women had no Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile assigned due to missing or incorrect postcode and were excluded from the regression analysis for all variables.
‘At potential risk of adversity’ is defined as a child who was recorded as requiring intensive treatment at any time under the health plan indicators (HPI) and/or who had no record of completing three doses of the 5-in-1 vaccine by 12 months. HPI is assessed at first visit and at 6 to 8 weeks.
MBU, mother and baby unit.