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Patterns of maternal depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms from pregnancy to 5 years postpartum in an Australian cohort experiencing adversity.
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Archives of Women's Mental Health . Dec2021, Vol. 24 Issue 6, p987-997. 11p. 1 Diagram, 4 Charts, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The objective of this study is to describe the longitudinal patterns of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms from pregnancy to 5 years postpartum, in a cohort of Australian mothers experiencing adversity. Longitudinal data were drawn from the control group of a trial of nurse home visiting. Pregnant women experiencing adversity (≥ 2 of 10 adversity risk factors) were recruited from antenatal clinics across 2 Australian states (30 April 2013–29 August 2014). Women completed the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales short-form (DASS-21) at 11 time-points from pregnancy to 5 years postpartum. DASS-21 scores were summarized at each time-point for all women and by level of adversity risk. Three hundred fifty-nine women (100%) completed the DASS-21 in pregnancy and 343 (96%) provided subsequent data. Mental health symptoms were highest in pregnancy and at 4 and 5 years postpartum. While this pattern was comparable across levels of antenatal adversity risk, women with greatest adversity risk had consistently higher mental health symptoms. In a cohort of mothers experiencing adversity, depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms were highest in pregnancy and at 4 to 5 years postpartum. The striking patterns of persistent, high, mental health symptoms, beyond the first year postpartum, can inform a more equitable and responsive health system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14341816
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Archives of Women's Mental Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153553827
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-021-01145-0