Journal article
Depressive symptoms and intimate partner violence in the 12 months after childbirth: A prospective pregnancy cohort study
H Woolhouse, D Gartland, K Hegarty, S Donath, SJ Brown
BJOG an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | WILEY | Published : 2012
Abstract
Objective To examine maternal depressive symptoms during and after pregnancy and explore their relationship with intimate partner violence in the 12 months after birth. Design Prospective pregnancy cohort study of nulliparous women. Setting Melbourne, Australia. Population In all, 1507 eligible women completed baseline data (mean gestation 15 weeks). Analyses are presented for 1305 women who completed all follow-up questionnaires. Methods Women were recruited from six public hospitals at between 6 and 24 weeks of gestation. Written questionnaires were completed at recruitment and at 3, 6 and 12 months postpartum. Main outcome measures Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Edinburgh Pos..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The work was supported by The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), VicHealth, Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Fund (ANZ Trustees), the William Buckland Foundation, and the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Programme. The NHMRC funded the establishment of the cohort with a 5-year epidemiology grant (2002-2006). SB held a 5-year VicHealth Public Health Research Fellowship (2001-2005) and currently holds an NHMRC Career Development Award (2008-2010). The funding organisations had no involvement in the conduct of the study, and the authors are independent of the funding sources. All authors had full access to the study data and were responsible for the decision to submit the paper for publication.