Assessing the effectiveness of mindfulness-based programs on mental health during pregnancy and early motherhood - a randomized control trial

Table 1 Comparison of participants who completed the questionnaire at T2 with those who did not

Participant characteristic	Completed questionnaire (N = 74)	Lost to follow-up (N = 30)	p value
Age: M (SD)	32.8 ± 3.9	33.8 ± 3.9	.219^c
Week of gestational age at enrollment	20.7 ± 4.8	22.8 ± 5.2	.052^c
Level of education
Junior college or below	9	4	.551^a
University or above	65	26
Marital Status
Married	73	27	.130^b
Not married	1	3
Religiosity
Religious	36	10	.071^a
Not religious	38	20
Employment status◎
Employed	60	24	.843^a
Unemployed	14	5
Income◎
Less than US$1500	11	4	.982^a
US$1500–US$2999	22	9
More than US$2999	39	16
Pregnancy intention			.074^a
Intentional	53	16
Unintentional	21	14
Parity			.199^a
No prior births	68	25
1 or more prior births	6	5

^aChi-Square test; ^bFisher’s Exact Test; ^cIndependent t test; ◎Numbers may sum to less than 96 because of missing data; Significant at the p ≤ .05

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