Is Perceived Discrimination in Pregnancy Prospectively Linked to Postpartum Depression? Exploring the Role of Education

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10995-016-2259-7" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10995-016-2259-7</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-016-2259-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10995-016-2259-7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Is Perceived Discrimination in Pregnancy Prospectively Linked to Postpartum Depression? Exploring the Role of Education

Original language description

Objectives The role of perceived discrimination in postpartum depression is largely unknown. We investigate whether perceived discrimination reported in pregnancy contributes to postpartum depression, and whether its impact varies by education level. Methods Prospective data are a part of European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood, the Czech Republic. Surveys were collected in mid-pregnancy and at 6 months after delivery. Depression was measured using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Generalized linear models were estimated to test the effects of perceived discrimination on postpartum depression. Results Multivariate models revealed that among women with low education, discrimination in pregnancy was prospectively associated with 2.43 times higher odds of postpartum depression (p &lt; .01), after adjusting for antenatal depression, history of earlier depression, and socio-demographic background. In contrast, perceived discrimination was not linked to postpartum depression among women with high education. Conclusions Perceived discrimination is a risk factor for postpartum depression among women with low education. Screening for discrimination and socio-economic disadvantage during pregnancy could benefit women who are at risk for mental health problems.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH JOURNAL

ISSN

1092-7875

e-ISSN

1573-6628

Volume of the periodical

21

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1669-1677

UT code for WoS article

000405962400010

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85010736911