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01.10.2011 | Original Article

Postpartum depressive symptoms and the combined load of paid and unpaid work: a longitudinal analysis

verfasst von: Rada K. Dagher, Patricia M. McGovern, Bryan E. Dowd, Ulf Lundberg

Erschienen in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health | Ausgabe 7/2011

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Abstract

Purpose

To investigate the effects of total workload and other work-related factors on postpartum depression in the first 6 months after childbirth, utilizing a hybrid model of health and workforce participation.

Methods

We utilized data from the Maternal Postpartum Health Study collected in 2001 from a prospective cohort of 817 employed women who delivered in three community hospitals in Minnesota. Interviewers collected data at enrollment and 5 weeks, 11 weeks, and 6 months after childbirth. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale measured postpartum depression. Independent variables included total workload (paid and unpaid work), job flexibility, supervisor and coworker support, available social support, job satisfaction, infant sleep problems, infant irritable temperament, and breastfeeding.

Results

Total average daily workload increased from 14.4 h (6.8 h of paid work; 7.1% working at 5 weeks postpartum) to 15.0 h (7.9 h of paid work; 87% working at 6 months postpartum) over the 6 months. Fixed effects regression analyses showed worse depression scores were associated with higher total workload, lower job flexibility, lower social support, an infant with sleep problems, and breastfeeding.

Conclusions

Working mothers of reproductive years may find the study results valuable as they consider merging their work and parenting roles after childbirth. Future studies should examine the specific mechanisms through which total workload affects postpartum depressive symptoms.

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Titel: Postpartum depressive symptoms and the combined load of paid and unpaid work: a longitudinal analysis
verfasst von: Rada K. Dagher
Patricia M. McGovern
Bryan E. Dowd
Ulf Lundberg
Publikationsdatum: 01.10.2011
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health / Ausgabe 7/2011
Print ISSN: 0340-0131
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1246
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-011-0626-7

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