Cannabis use and stressful life events during the perinatal period: cross-sectional results from Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data, 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We aimed to determine the association between stressful life events (SLEs) in the year prior to childbirth with (1) pre-pregnancy cannabis use, (2) cessation of cannabis use during pregnancy and (3) postpartum relapse to cannabis use.

Design

We used data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) 2016, a cross-sectional, population-based surveillance system.

Setting

Mailed and telephone surveys conducted in five states-Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Michigan and Washington-in the United States.

Participants

Women (n = 6061) who delivered a live infant within the last 6 months and had data on cannabis use.

Measurements

Self-reported data included SLEs (yes/no response for 14 individual events in the 12 months prior to childbirth) and cann

SUBMITTER: Allen AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9219169 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature