| Maternal depressive symptomatology: 16-month follow-up of infant and maternal health-related quality of life. | |
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PMID: 21551396 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to document risk factors for depressive symptoms during the postpartum period among working mothers and to determine longitudinal effects of depressive symptoms on maternal health-related quality of life and infant health and development. METHODS: Mother-infant dyads from a community-based cohort study of working mothers were recruited when infants were 4 months old and were interviewed every 4 months until infants were 16 months old. Depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life were assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and the Short Form-12 Health Survey, respectively. Infant development and health-related quality of life were measured with the Ages and Stages Questionnaire and the Infant-Toddler Quality of Life Questionnaire, respectively. RESULTS: Depressive symptoms were elevated among mothers who were younger, less educated, African American, unmarried, and impoverished. Mothers with significant depressive symptoms had significantly poorer physical and mental health-related quality of life, reported greater pain for their infant, and had more health-related concerns about their child. Maternal depressive symptoms at 4 months predicted infant poorer health-related quality of life at 8, 12, and 16 months. CONCLUSIONS: Several characteristics, including age, education level, race, marital status, and poverty, can help primary care physicians identify working mothers at risk for depressive symptoms. Identification of these symptoms is important; they are correlated with poorer maternal health-related quality of life and they predict poorer children's health-related quality of life. |
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Authors:
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Janel M Darcy; Joseph G Grzywacz; Rebecca L Stephens; Iris Leng; C Randall Clinch; Thomas A Arcury |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM Volume: 24 ISSN: 1557-2625 ISO Abbreviation: J Am Board Fam Med Publication Date: 2011 May-Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-05-09 Completed Date: 2011-09-08 Revised Date: 2013-05-24 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101256526 Medline TA: J Am Board Fam Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 249-57 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084, USA. |
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Adolescent Adult Chi-Square Distribution Cross-Sectional Studies Depression, Postpartum / diagnosis*, psychology* Female Health Status Health Surveys Humans Infant Infant Welfare / psychology* Infant, Newborn Maternal Welfare / psychology* Mother-Child Relations* Multivariate Analysis Pregnancy Prospective Studies Psychometrics Quality of Life / psychology* Questionnaires Risk Factors Time Factors Young Adult |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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HD48601/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R21 HD048601-02/HD/NICHD NIH HHS |
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J Am Board Fam Med. 2012 May-Jun;25(3):398
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