Depressed pregnant black women have a greater incidence of prematurity and low birthweight outcomes

Pregnant black depressed women were compared to pregnant black non-depressed women on self-report stress measures and cortisol levels at mid and late pregnancy and on neonatal outcomes. The depressed women had higher anxiety, anger, daily hassles, sleep disturbance scores and cortisol levels at both...

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Published in:Infant behavior & development 2009-01, Vol.32 (1), p.10-16
Main Authors: Field, Tiffany, Diego, Miguel, Hernandez-Reif, Maria, Deeds, Osvelia, Holder, Vitillius, Schanberg, Saul, Kuhn, Cynthia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Black women
Child development
Depression
Developmental psychology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Low birthweight
Medical sciences
Mood disorders
Newborn. Infant
Pregnant
Prematurity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
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Summary:Pregnant black depressed women were compared to pregnant black non-depressed women on self-report stress measures and cortisol levels at mid and late pregnancy and on neonatal outcomes. The depressed women had higher anxiety, anger, daily hassles, sleep disturbance scores and cortisol levels at both prenatal visits. These higher stress levels may have contributed to the greater incidence of prematurity and low birthweight neonatal outcomes noted in the depressed group, and they may partially explain the higher rate of prematurity and low birthweight among black women.
ISSN:0163-6383
1879-0453
1934-8800
DOI:10.1016/j.infbeh.2008.09.005