Table 1 Characteristics of women retained and those lost to follow up at baseline by allocation status
| Â | Women retained | Â | Â | Women lost to follow-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Intervention n = 90 (%) | Comparison n = 43 (%) | Â | Â | Intervention n = 23 (%) | Comparison n = 18 (%) |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Mean (SD) | 32.0 (6.7) | 32.4 (5.8) |  |  | 32.6 (6.1) | 29.6 (6.1) |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Married | 29 (32) | 11 (26) |  |  | 6 (26) | 4 (22) |
   De Facto | 18 (20) | 10 (23) |  |  | 3 (13) | 5 (28) |
   Divorced/separated | 22 (24) | 10 (23) |  |  | 6 (26) | 4 (22) |
   Single/not living with partner | 20 (22) | 11 (25) |  |  | 8 (35) | 5 (28) |
Number of children | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   One | 41 (46) | 23 (53) |  |  | 6 (26) | 7 (39) |
   Two or more | 48 (54) | 20 (46) |  |  | 17 (74) | 11 (61) |
Education level attained | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Year 12 or less | 43 (47) | 23 (51) |  |  | 13 (56) | 10 (56) |
Healthcare card | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Yes | 67 (74) | 30 (70) |  |  | 18 (78) | 13 (72) |
Income | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Pension/welfare | 56 (62) | 23 (53) |  |  | 14 (61) | 11 (61) |
Country of birth | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Overseas born | 32 (36) | 14 (32) |  |  | 5 (22) | 10 (56) |
| Â | Â | Â | P-value | Â | Â | |
Partner Abuse (CAS) | Â | Â | Â | (+PS adj) | Â | Â |
   Score 7+ | 71 (79) | 32 (74) | 0.8 | 1.0 | 22 (96) | 16 (89) |
   Mean (SD) | 22.5 (23.0) | 23.6 (19.0) |  |  | 41.7 (30.2) | 17.1 (11.3) |
   Median (Interquartile range) | 19 (7-31) | 18 (10-37) |  |  | 32 (18-56) | 13 (10-23) |
Depression (EPDS Score 13+) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Yes | 63 (70) | 25 (58) | 0.2 | 0.7 | 18 (78) | 8 (44) |
SF36 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   MCS Mean (SD) | 28.0 (9.9) | 31.1 (8.1) | 0.06 | 0.6 | 23.1 (10.6) | 31.3 (12.6) |
   PCS Mean (SD) | 49.0 (10.6) | 48.1 (8.6) | 0.6 | 0.9 | 53.4 (9.5) | 48.3 (9.9) |
Social Support | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Mean (SD) | 2.84 (0.94) | 3.28 (0.94) | 0.01 | 0.4 | 2.58 (0.83) | 3.06 (1.14) |
Parenting Stress | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   No. stressed (%) | 40 (49) | 13 (33) | 0.08 | 0.7 | 18 (78) | 12 (67) |