Journal article
Maternal depression from early pregnancy to 4 years postpartum in a prospective pregnancy cohort study: Implications for primary health care
H Woolhouse, D Gartland, F Mensah, SJ Brown
BJOG an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Published : 2015
Abstract
Objective To describe the prevalence of maternal depression from pregnancy to 4 years postpartum, and the risk factors for depressive symptoms at 4 years postpartum. Design Prospective pregnancy cohort study of nulliparous women. Setting Melbourne, Australia. Sample In all, 1507 women completed baseline data in pregnancy (mean gestation 15 weeks). Methods Women were recruited from six public hospitals. Questionnaires were completed at recruitment and 3, 6, 12 and 18 months postpartum, and 4 years postpartum. Main outcome measures Scores ≥13 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale were used to indicate depressive symptoms. Results Almost one in three women reported depressive symptoms at ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by grants #199222, #433006 and #491205 from The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship #1037449 (FM), a VicHealth Research Fellowship (SB), an ARC Future Fellowship (SB), an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (SB), a grant from the Medical Research and Technology in Victoria Fund (ANZ Trustees) and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute research is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Program. The funding organisations had no involvement in the conduct of the study, and the authors are independent of the funding sources. All authors had access to the study data and were responsible for the decision to submit the paper for publication.