Prevalence, stability, and socio-demographic correlates of depressive symptoms in black mothers during the first 18 months postpartum.
OBJECTIVES: The goals of this longitudinal study were to evaluate 1) the prevalence and stability of high depressive symptom levels during the first 18 months postpartum in a sample of otherwise healthy Black mothers varying in socio-economic status and 2) the relation of sociodemographic variables...
| Publicado en: | Maternal & Child Health Journal Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 157 - 169 |
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Springer Nature
Sep2003
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106702072&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106702072 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10927875 N9J jtl: Maternal & Child Health Journal issn: 10927875 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2003 vid: 7 iid: 3 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 106702072 106702072 2004033558 10.1023/a:1025132320321 NLM14509411 106702072 ppf: 157 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Prevalence, stability, and socio-demographic correlates of depressive symptoms in black mothers during the first 18 months postpartum. aug: au: Beeghly M Olson KL Weinberg MK Pierre SC Downey N Tronick EZ affil: Child Development Unit, Children's Hospital, 1295 Boylston Street, Suite 320, Boston, MA 02215; marjorie.beeghly@tch.harvard.edu sug: subj: Black Persons Psychosocial Factors Depression, Postpartum Epidemiology Depression, Postpartum Ethnology Depression, Postpartum Risk Factors Academic Medical Centers Adult Brief Symptom Inventory Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale Chi Square Test Coefficient alpha Concurrent Validity Depression, Postpartum Symptoms Descriptive Statistics Female Funding Source Marital Status Massachusetts One-Way Analysis of Variance P-Value Pearson's Correlation Coefficient Post Hoc Analysis Pregnancy Prevalence Prospective Studies Psychological Tests Questionnaires Race Factors Risk Factors Scales Social Class Socioeconomic Factors Stability Human Adult: 19-44 years Female ab: OBJECTIVES: The goals of this longitudinal study were to evaluate 1) the prevalence and stability of high depressive symptom levels during the first 18 months postpartum in a sample of otherwise healthy Black mothers varying in socio-economic status and 2) the relation of sociodemographic variables and level of socio-demographic risk to maternal depressive symptom levels during this time period. METHODS: Participants were 163 Black adult mothers of healthy, full-term infants. The level of mothers' depressive symptomatology was assessed at 2, 3, 6, 12, and 18 months postpartum using the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). Mothers provided socio-demographic information at each assessment. Univariate and bivariate analyses were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: The percentage of mothers with an elevated CES-D score (16 or higher) at single visits ranged from 13.5 to 14.7%, and 35.0% had at least one elevated CES-D score by 18 months postpartum. CES-D total scores were significantly correlated across each pair of visits (mean r = 0.57, all p's < 0.0001), and average CES-D scores did not change significantly over time. Single marital status, low-income status, and more negative maternal perceptions of the adequacy of income for meeting familial needs were significantly related to higher maternal CES-D scores at each assessment (all p's < 0.05). Level of socio-demographic risk, as assessed with a composite risk score derived from these variables, was significantly related to higher average CES-D scores (averaged across visits) (p < 0.0001) and to a greater frequency of elevated CES-D scores (16 or higher) during the first 18 months postpartum (p = 0.0002). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence and stability of high levels of maternal depressive symptomatology during the first 18 months postpartum in this sample of Black women are consistent with those reported in prior studies of community samples of mothers unselected for race. Mothers with higher socio-demographic risk profiles had higher levels of maternal depressive symptoms at each assessment point. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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