Trajectories of depressive symptoms among mothers of preterm and full-term infants in a national sample.

ABSTRACT: To examine postpartum depressive symptom trajectories from birth to age 5 and their risk factors in a national sample of mothers of preterm and full-term infants. The racially and ethnically diverse sample comprised 11,320 maternal participants (M_age = 29; SD = 5.9) in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program in the USA with data on newborn gestational age at birth (≥ 22 weeks) and maternal depression symptoms during the first 5 years following childbirth. Growth mixture models determined the number and trajectory of postpartum depression classes among women in the preterm and full-term groups, and we examined predictors of class membership. Five trajectories described depressive symptoms for both groups; however, notable differences were observed. On

SUBMITTER: Roubinov D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9283322 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature