Are Past Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Associated with Maternal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in a Sample of Currently Pregnant Women?
dc.contributor.author | Abajobir, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Alati, Rosa | |
dc.contributor.author | Kisely, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Najman, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-13T09:11:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-13T09:11:28Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-12-12T02:47:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Abajobir, A. and Alati, R. and Kisely, S. and Najman, J. 2017. Are Past Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Associated with Maternal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in a Sample of Currently Pregnant Women?. Ethiopian journal of health sciences. 27 (4): pp. 351-362. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71841 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Background: There has been a great deal of concern about the mental health of women whose pregnancies involve miscarriage, termination of a pregnancy (ToP), child death or where a child has been given up for adoption. Despite this concern there has been remarkably little population-based research which has addressed the long-term consequences of pregnancy loss and child death. This study investigated the maternal mental health consequences of women whose pregnancies involve miscarriage, ToP, child death or where a child has been given up for adoption at two different time points, adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics and baseline mental health.Methods: The Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy is a prospective pre-birth cohort study. Women were recruited early in pregnancy over the period 1981 to 1983 at their first antenatal clinic visit (FCV). Women were interviewed again at the 14-year follow-up. Data from 4403 mothers were analysed using maternal reports of a prior history of giving a child up for adoption, miscarriage, ToP, and neonatal, infant and/or child deaths. Symptoms of maternal anxiety and depression were measured at FCV and the 14-year follow-up using the Delusions-Symptoms-States Inventory. We carried out logistic regression analysis using Stata 13. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to display the findings.Results: A prior miscarriage was associated with anxiety (adjusted OR (AOR) = 1.30; 95% CI: 1.10-1.66) and depressive (AOR = 1.70; 95% CI: 1.21-2.39) symptoms at the 14-year follow-up. Having had a neonatal, infant and/or child deaths was associated with symptoms of depression at 14-year follow-up (AOR = 2.12; 95% CI: 1.06-4.25).Conclusion: The period after a child loss which involves a new pregnancy may be associated with relatively good mental health despite the fact that some mothers have experienced previous adverse pregnancy outcomes. | |
dc.title | Are Past Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Associated with Maternal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in a Sample of Currently Pregnant Women? | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 27 | |
dcterms.source.number | 4 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 351 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 362 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 2413-7170 | |
dcterms.source.title | Ethiopian journal of health sciences | |
curtin.department | School of Public Health | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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