Statistical analyses
Women who were recruited to the intervention and control groups and contributed data were analysed according to the intention-to-treat concept.An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) test was performed to test the difference in mean EPDS scores between gANC and standard care at 2 months post partum, adjusted for differences in EPDS at baseline, after the exclusion of women with missing EPDS values (gANC n=41, sANC n=38). P values of <0.05 were deemed statistically significant and all tests were two tailed. All statistical analyses were performed in R version 4.0.1.