Relationships of race and socioeconomic status to postpartum depressive symptoms in rural African American and non-Hispanic white women
Christyn L Dolbier, Taylor E Rush, Latoya S Sahadeo, Michele L Shaffer, John Thorp, Community Child Health Network Investigators, Maxine Vance, Cynthia S Minkovitz, Nikia Sankofa, Patricia O'Campo, Peter Schafer, Kim Wagenaar, Madeleine Shalowitz, Beth Clark-Kauffman, Emma Adam, Greg Duncan, Chelsea McKinney, Rachel O'Connell, Alisu Schoua-Glusberg, Loretta Jones, Calvin J Hobel, Christine Dunkel Schetter, Michael C Lu, Mayra Lizzette Yñiguez, Dawnesha Beaver, Felica Jones, Sharon Evans, Scharina Oliver, Richard Woolard, John Thorp, Suzanne Kelly, Latoya S Sahadeo, Kathryn Salisbury, Julia DeClerque, Christyn Dolbier, Mary Glascoff, Vijaya Hogan, Carol Lorenz, Edward Newton, Belinda Pettiford, Shelia Bunch, Sarah Maddox, Judy Ruffin, Loral Patchen, Sharon L Ramey, Robin Lanzi, Nedaa Timraz, Lorraine V Klerman, Menachem Miodovnik, Craig T Ramey, Linda Randolph, Rosalind German, Christyn L Dolbier, Taylor E Rush, Latoya S Sahadeo, Michele L Shaffer, John Thorp, Community Child Health Network Investigators, Maxine Vance, Cynthia S Minkovitz, Nikia Sankofa, Patricia O'Campo, Peter Schafer, Kim Wagenaar, Madeleine Shalowitz, Beth Clark-Kauffman, Emma Adam, Greg Duncan, Chelsea McKinney, Rachel O'Connell, Alisu Schoua-Glusberg, Loretta Jones, Calvin J Hobel, Christine Dunkel Schetter, Michael C Lu, Mayra Lizzette Yñiguez, Dawnesha Beaver, Felica Jones, Sharon Evans, Scharina Oliver, Richard Woolard, John Thorp, Suzanne Kelly, Latoya S Sahadeo, Kathryn Salisbury, Julia DeClerque, Christyn Dolbier, Mary Glascoff, Vijaya Hogan, Carol Lorenz, Edward Newton, Belinda Pettiford, Shelia Bunch, Sarah Maddox, Judy Ruffin, Loral Patchen, Sharon L Ramey, Robin Lanzi, Nedaa Timraz, Lorraine V Klerman, Menachem Miodovnik, Craig T Ramey, Linda Randolph, Rosalind German
Abstract
This study examines the potential racial disparity in postpartum depression (PPD) symptoms among a cohort of non-Hispanic white and African American women after taking into consideration the influence of socioeconomic status (SES). Participants (N = 299) were recruited from maternity clinics serving rural counties, with oversampling of low SES and African Americans. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was administered 1 and 6 months postpartum, and subjective SES scale at 6 months postpartum. Demographic information was collected during enrollment and 1 month postpartum, with updates at 6 months postpartum. Separate logistic regressions were conducted for 1 and 6 month time points for minor-major PPD (EPDS ≥ 10) and major PPD (EPDS > 12); with marital status, poverty, education, subjective SES, and race predictors entered in block sequence. After including all other predictors, race was not a significant predictor of minor-major or major PPD at 1 or 6 months postpartum. Subjective SES was the most consistent predictor of PPD, being significantly associated with minor-major PPD and major PPD at 6 months postpartum, with higher subjective SES indicating lower odds of PPD, even after accounting for all other predictors. This study shows that significant racial disparities were not observed for minor-major or major PPD criteria at 1 or 6 months postpartum. The most consistent and significant predictor of PPD was subjective SES. Implications of these findings for future research, as well as PPD screening and intervention are discussed.
Source: PubMed