Association of Paternal Workplace and Community Social Capital With Paternal Postnatal Depression and Anxiety: A Prospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study is to examine the association between workplace and community social capital and fathers' postpartum depression and anxiety at 3 months after delivery in Japan.

Methods

Fathers who had babies delivered in two obstetric clinics in Tokyo, Japan were recruited to take part in the study (response rate = 76.2%). Participants completed questionnaires measuring workplace and community social capital, depression, and anxiety at 1 week and a follow-up at 3 months post-delivery (N = 398). Multiple linear regression analyses were performed with multiple imputation for missing data (at most, N = 60, 15.1%).

Results

Community social capital was inversely associated with both depressive symptoms (β = -0.21, 95%CI = -0.33 to -0.08) and anxiety (β = -0

SUBMITTER: Doi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8892241 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature