TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of psychosocial stressors on postpartum weight retention
AU - Goldstein, Neal D.
AU - Rogers, Stephanie
AU - Ehrenthal, Deborah B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer-Verlag Wien.
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - Excessive gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention are implicated in future morbidity in women. To understand whether psychosocial stressors contribute to weight retention, we used data collected in a cohort of postpartum women and analyzed measures of stress, depression, social support, and health-related quality of life. Depressive symptoms at delivery and worse health-related quality of life and lower stress at 3 months postpartum were associated with 3-month weight retention. Interventions targeting depression and improving quality of life may further reduce weight retained.
AB - Excessive gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention are implicated in future morbidity in women. To understand whether psychosocial stressors contribute to weight retention, we used data collected in a cohort of postpartum women and analyzed measures of stress, depression, social support, and health-related quality of life. Depressive symptoms at delivery and worse health-related quality of life and lower stress at 3 months postpartum were associated with 3-month weight retention. Interventions targeting depression and improving quality of life may further reduce weight retained.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00737-016-0613-9
DO - 10.1007/s00737-016-0613-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 26907459
AN - SCOPUS:84959127780
SN - 1434-1816
VL - 19
SP - 691
EP - 694
JO - Archives of Women's Mental Health
JF - Archives of Women's Mental Health
IS - 4
ER -
