Prolonged effects: STAI-S, PSS, and PA
Results from HLM analysis for the estimation of prolonged
effects are given in Table 4. At initial status, a higher STAI-S
score was significantly related to a greater maternal age,
positively to the STAI-T score, and with having a single
marital status. Higher PSS and PA scores at the initial status
were also significantly associated with greater STAI-T scores.
Hospitalization status influenced the STAI-S score but not
the PSS and PA scores. The STAI-S score for the hospitalized
women was 5ฦ74 points higher than that for nonhospitalized
women after controlling for other covariates.
This indicates that hospitalization was a specific event that
affected having a state of anxiety, but not a direct factor for
having generally perceived stress or pregnancy-related
anxiety.