Renée T. Fortner|Penelope S. Pekow|Nancy Dole|Glenn Markenson|Lisa Chasan?Taber
Risk Factors for Prenatal Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanic Women
University of Massachusetts Amherst|University of Massachusetts Amherst|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|Baystate Medical Center|University of Massachusetts Amherst
prior studies risk factors depressive symptoms pregnancy sparse majority focused nonhispanic white women hispanics largest minority group us highest birth rates examined associations pre early pregnancy factors depressive symptoms early pregnancy among 921 participants proyecto buena salud ongoing cohort pregnant puerto rican dominican women western massachusetts depressive symptoms assessed edinburgh postnatal depression scale mean 13 weeks gestation bilingual interviewers also collected data sociodemographic acculturation behavioral psychosocial factors total 30 participants classified depressive symptoms epds scores 12 mean sd scores 928 599 higher levels education collegegraduate school vs high school rr 060 95 ci 041086 household income p trend 002 living spousepartner 080 95 ci 063100 independently associated lower risk depressive symptoms suggestion failure discontinue cigarette smoking onset pregnancy rr 132 95 ci 097171 english language preference rr 133 95 ci 096170 associated higher risk single marital status second generation us higher levels alcohol consumption associated higher risk depressive symptoms univariate analyses attenuated adjustment risk factors findings largest fastestgrowing ethnic minority group inform intervention studies targeting hispanic women risk depression pregnancy