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- Title
The prevalence of symptoms of depression and anxiety, and the level of life stress and worry in New Zealand Māori and non-Māori women in late pregnancy.
- Authors
Signal, T. Leigh; Paine, Sarah-Jane; Sweeney, Bronwyn; Muller, Diane; Priston, Monique; Lee, Kathryn; Gander, Philippa; Huthwaite, Mark
- Abstract
Objective: To describe the prevalence of symptoms of depression and anxiety, and the level of life stress and worry in late pregnancy for Māori and non-Māori women. Methods: In late pregnancy, women completed a questionnaire recording their prior history of mood disorders; self-reported current depressive symptoms (⩾13 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale), current anxiety symptoms (⩾6 on the anxiety items from the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale), significant life stress (⩾2 items on life stress scale) and dysfunctional worry (>12 on the Brief Measure of Worry Scale). Results: Data were obtained from 406 Māori women (mean age = 27.6 years, standard deviation=6.3 years) and 738 non-Māori women (mean age = 31.6 years, standard deviation=5.3 years). Depressive symptoms (22% vs 15%), anxiety symptoms (25% vs 20%), significant life stress (55% vs 30%) and a period of poor mood during the current pregnancy (18% vs 14%) were more prevalent for Māori than non-Maori women. Less than 50% of women who had experienced ⩾2 weeks of poor mood during the current pregnancy had sought help. Being young was an independent risk factor for depressive symptoms, significant life stress and dysfunctional worry. A prior history of depression was also consistently associated with a greater risk of negative affect in pregnancy. Conclusion: Antenatal mental health requires at least as much attention and resourcing as mental health in the postpartum period. Services need to specifically target Māori women, young women and women with a prior history of depression.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; ANXIETY; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; MENTAL depression; PREGNANCY complications; PROBABILITY theory; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; LOGISTIC regression analysis; EDINBURGH Postnatal Depression Scale; DISEASE prevalence; DATA analysis software; MAORI (New Zealand people); DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2017, Vol 51, Issue 2, p168
- ISSN
0004-8674
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0004867415622406