Women’s perceived social support: Associations with postpartum weight retention, health behaviors and depressive symptoms
dc.contributor.author | Millar, Lynne | |
dc.contributor.author | Faleschini, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Rifas-Shiman, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Skouteris, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Hivert, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Oken, E | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-22T02:17:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-22T02:17:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Faleschini, S., Millar, L., Rifas-Shiman, S.L. et al. 2019. Women’s perceived social support: Associations with postpartum weight retention, health behaviors and depressive symptoms. BMC Women's Health. 19: Article No. 143. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81105 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s12905-019-0839-6 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Background Social support may promote healthful behaviors that prevent excess weight at critical periods in women’s life. Our objective was to investigate associations of social support at 6 months postpartum with women’s health behaviors that have previously been shown to predict weight retention at 1 year postpartum. Methods At 6 months postpartum in Project Viva, a pre-birth prospective cohort in Massachusetts, women reported social support using the Turner Support Scale, depressive symptoms using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, diet using PrimeScreen, average number of hours walking, light/moderate and vigorous physical activity, television viewing, and sleeping each day. Results Among 1356 women, greater partner support was associated with higher levels of walking (OR 1.36, 95% CI [1.01, 1.82]) and intake of fiber (OR 1.43, 95% CI [1.06, 1.91]) and lower intake of trans-fat (OR 1.49, 95% CI [1.11, 2.01]). Support from family/friends was marginally related to healthful levels of light/moderate physical activity (OR 1.26, 95% CI [0.96, 1.65]) and television viewing (OR 1.29, 95% CI [0.99, 1.69]). Both sources of support were strongly associated with lower odds of incident depression (OR 0.33, 95% CI [0.20, 0.55] and OR 0.49, 95% CI [0.30, 0.79], respectively). We did not find associations with vigorous physical activity or sleep duration. Conclusions Social support is important to the physical and mental health of new mothers and may promote behaviors that limit postpartum weight retention. | |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Women’s perceived social support: Associations with postpartum weight retention, health behaviors and depressive symptoms | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.issn | 1472-6874 | |
dcterms.source.title | BMC Women's Health | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-09-22T02:17:42Z | |
curtin.note |
© The Author(s). 2019 Published in BMC Women's Health. This article is published under the Open Access publishing model and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Please refer to the licence to obtain terms for any further reuse or distribution of this work. | |
curtin.department | School of Public Health | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access | |
curtin.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | |
curtin.contributor.orcid | Millar, Lynne [0000-0001-8435-4735] |