Patterns of health service utilisation of mothers experiencing mental health problems and intimate partner violence: Tenyear follow-up of an Australian prospective mother and child cohort

D Gartland; K Hegarty; S Papadopoullos; S Brown

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Patterns of health service utilisation of mothers experiencing mental health problems and intimate partner violence: Tenyear follow-up of an Australian prospective mother and child cohort

D Gartland, K Hegarty, S Papadopoullos, S Brown

Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269626

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Abstract

Objectives Few studies have investigated health service use of mothers experiencing mental health problems or intimate partner violence (IPV). The aim of this study was to investigate health service utilisation of mothers experiencing mental health problems and intimate partner violence ten years after having a first baby. Methods Prospective cohort of 1507 first-time mothers recruited in Melbourne, Australia. Follow-up at ten years incorporated: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist, Composite Abuse Scale. Results At ten years postpartum, one in four mothers (26.1%) reported depressive, anxiety or posttraumatic str..

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Deirdre Gartland Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

The Maternal Health Study has been supported by three project grants from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, 191222 awarded to SB; 433006 awarded to SB and KG, and 1048829 awarded to SB, DG and KH); grants from the William Buckland Foundation, ANZ Trustees Medical Research Fund and Australian Rotary Health, awarded to SB; the Safer Families Centre of Research Excellence (NHMRC, 1116690) awarded to KH and SB and the Stronger Futures Centre of Research Excellence (NHMRC 1198270) awarded to SB and DG. Research conducted at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Program. There was no additional external funding received for this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.