Long-Term Effects of Chronic Depressive Symptoms Among Low-Income Childrearing Mothers

Seto, Masako; Cornelius, Marie D.; Goldschmidt, Lidush; Morimoto, Kanehisa; Day, Nancy L.

doi:10.1007/s10995-005-0002-x

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“…The mean StimQ score of 7.4 would be expected to correspond to approximately 5 baby or children's books and a reading frequency of 2 to 3 days per week. The rate of depressive symptoms (28.3%) was at the lower end of what has typically been reported among low-income samples 33,34 . Dyads assessed at 6 months were similar to those not assessed for all potential confounders and predictors.…”

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Mothers' Expectations for Shared Reading After Delivery: Implications for Reading Activities at 6 Months

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et al. 2008

Ambulatory Pediatrics

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Objective-To determine whether mothers with plans related to shared reading and baby books in the home at the time of delivery of their newborns would be more likely to engage in shared reading behaviors at age 6 months.Method-This was a cohort study with enrollment post-partum and follow-up at 6 months in an urban public hospital. Predictors: mothers' attitudes and resources related to shared reading during the postpartum period. Outcomes: mothers' shared reading activities and resources at 6 months (StimQ-READ).Results-173 mother-infant dyads were assessed. In multiple regression analyses adjusting for sociodemographics and maternal depression and literacy, StimQ-READ at 6 months was increased in association with all 3 postpartum predictors: plans for reading as a strategy for school success (adjusted mean 1.7 point increase in 6 month score; 95% CI: 0.3 -3.0), plans to read in infancy (3.1 point increase; 95% CI: 1.6-4.6), and having baby books in the home (2.3 point increase; 95% CI: 0.9 -3.6). In multiple logistic regression analysis, mothers with two or more attitudes and resources had an AOR of 6.2 (95% CI: 2.0-18.9) for having initiated reading at 6 months.Conclusions-Maternal attitudes and resources in early infancy related to shared reading are important predictors of reading behaviors by 6 months. Cumulative postnatal attitudes and resources are the strongest predictors of later behaviors. Additional research is needed regarding whether guidance about shared reading in early infancy or pregnancy would enhance programs such as Reach Out and Read.

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Section: Study Samplementioning

confidence: 59%

Mothers' Expectations for Shared Reading After Delivery: Implications for Reading Activities at 6 Months

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Dreyer

Klass

et al. 2008

Ambulatory Pediatrics

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“…The association of financial difficulty of our focus may partly be attributed to the increased amount of stress placed on a mother due to limited financial means necessary for raising an infant. 25,26 A study in Japan by Seto and colleagues reported that chronically depressed women compared to neverdepressed women were less likely to be married, had less education, had lower education, had lower income, and were more likely to use substances 27) . Taking the evidence into consideration, government's recent parenting support addresses poverty alleviation.…”

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confidence: 99%

Support-Seeking Behavior Among Japanese Mothers at High-Risk of Mental Health Problems: A Community-Based Study at a City Health Center

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Goto

Suzuki

et al. 2012

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: Aim : The aim of this small -scale study is to explore support -seeking behavior among mothers at high -risk of mental health problems on community basis in Japan. Methods : A survey using one month home visit data was conducted among mothers who registered their pregnancy at Shirakawa City Health Center, Fukushima, from April to September 2010. Probable postpartum depression at one month postpartum was assessed using the Japanese version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and the mother's bonding to her child at one month postpartum was measured by the Bonding Questionnaire. Results : A total of 118 out of 217 registered mothers were available for analysis. The proportion of probable depression among first time and experienced mothers was 12% and 3%, and that of low bonding was 43% and 13%, respectively. Factors that showed significant associations with probable depression and/or low -bonding among first -time mothers were financial difficulty, obstetrical problems, unhappy feeling towards pregnancy, younger maternal age, later gestational week at registration ; associated factors among experienced mothers were financial difficulty and obstetrical problems. At the time of pregnancy, 35 (90%) of first -time mothers and 22 (31%) of experienced mothers expressed the intention to attend antenatal classes. None of the risk factors for probable depression or low -bonding were associated with the mother's intention to attend antenatal classes in this study. Conclusion : Pregnancy history, obstetrical problems, sociodemographic information and maternal feeling toward pregnancy should be carefully screened in antenatal phase, and those at risk of postpartum mental health problems should be screened and actively invited to antenatal classes.

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“…So too, findings from longitudinal studies suggest poor social supports were associated with women having higher depression symptoms at 12 months (McCall-Hosenfeld et al, 2016), and women in a chronic-severely depression group over 10 years (Seto et al, 2005). This thesis will continue to examine this association over time.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Another study of mothers' depressive symptoms from three months post-birth of the index child to age six years, found women in the high-chronic depressive-symptom trajectory had higher rates of tobacco and alcohol use in pregnancy (Matijasevich et al, 2015). Women who were chronic-severely depressed (that is, at 3 out of 4 survey points over 10 years) compared to never-depressed women, were more likely to have substance use (Seto et al, 2005). …”

Section: Women Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recent evidence relating to marital status and poor quality partner relationship and women's mental health in the long term, has suggested an association between marital status and women's high depressive symptoms (Seto et al, 2005, Campbell et al, 2009) at 12 months (McCall-Hosenfeld et al, 2016) and 11 years post-birth (Hammerton et al, 2015). As well, a study examining women's depressive-symptom trajectories over 6-7 years found poor quality partner relationship was associated with the persistent-high depressive symptom trajectory (Giallo et al, 2014).…”

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Women’s mental health following the birth of a child: a life course approach

Kingsbury¹

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Does the experience of being pregnant, giving birth and becoming a mother affect women's mental health over their reproductive life course? Much of the research on maternal mental health has focused on the perinatal period. In recent times, research has extended to patterns of women's mental health over the years following the birth of their baby. In this thesis, associations between women's experiences around pregnancy and giving birth, and patterns of their mental health impairment in the years following the baby's birth, are examined.Participants: Three datasets were used for this thesis. The primary dataset was the Mater and Methods: Six studies are the core contribution of this body of research. These studies, five cohort studies and one cross-sectional study, addressed the thesis' aims and objectives.Studies' outcome measures generally related to women's mental health, rated by the Delusions-Symptoms-States-Inventory: state of Anxiety and Depression (DSSI/sAD) (Bedford et al., 1976) and assessed at time-points post-birth. In three studies, women's DSSI depression measures at various time-points were combined to create depressive-symptoms trajectories. The Mental Disorder Screening Tool (MDST), constructed from women's DSSI/sAD responses (Saiepour et al., 2014) and measuring mental health impairment, was an outcome measure for one study. Another study's outcomes were based on women's reported alcohol consumption before pregnancy and at their first clinic visit. A broad range of predictor and potential confounding variables, taken at different MUSP survey phases, were included in the studies' analyses. Descriptive and inferential analyses were used. Univariate and multivariable regression analysis derived odds ratios and relative risk ratios with 95% confidence intervals. Pregnancy and birth events were found to contribute little to women's experience of depression. Pregnant women who experienced stressful life events (that is, financial, housing and relational events), were at higher risk of having depressive symptoms over the 27-year period. The proportion of women with mental health impairment was higher at 21 years post birth than at six months post birth. Women whose offspring had behaviour problems were themselves at risk of mental health impairment at 21 years post birth. As well, mental health problems in pregnancy; young motherhood; not completing high school and low family income; and having poor social networks around baby's birth, and marital discord in pregnancy, predicted women's poorer mental health over time. Today's pregnant women are more likely to be older and have higher body mass indexes, more likely to be anxious but not depressed, and more are sure about wanting to be pregnant, compared to pregnant women from previous decades. Today's pregnant women are also less likely to be smokers but are more often consuming alcohol prior to pregnancy, though they substantially reduce their alcohol consumption in pregnancy. Socio-economic disadvantage and psychosocial problems in pregnancy ...

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Long-Term Effects of Chronic Depressive Symptoms Among Low-Income Childrearing Mothers

Cited by 26 publications

References 38 publications

Mothers' Expectations for Shared Reading After Delivery: Implications for Reading Activities at 6 Months

Mothers' Expectations for Shared Reading After Delivery: Implications for Reading Activities at 6 Months

Support-Seeking Behavior Among Japanese Mothers at High-Risk of Mental Health Problems: A Community-Based Study at a City Health Center

Women’s mental health following the birth of a child: a life course approach

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