TY - JOUR
T1 - The Relationship Among Breastfeeding, Postpartum Depression, and Postpartum Weight in Mexican American Women
AU - Reifsnider, Elizabeth
AU - Flowers, Jenna
AU - Todd, Michael
AU - Bever Babendure, Jennie
AU - Moramarco, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 AWHONN, the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Objective To determine if symptoms of postpartum depression and postpartum weight varied according to the level of breastfeeding among women of Mexican origin at 1 month and 6 months postpartum. Design Secondary quantitative analysis to study the differences in postpartum weight and depression among the mothers in the study who breastfed and those who did not. Setting A heavily Hispanic community located in a major Southwestern U.S. city. Participants Women of Mexican origin (N = 150) who enrolled during their third trimesters in a local Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children clinic and were followed for 6 months. Methods Weight was measured at 1 month and at 6 months postpartum at home visits with validated digital scales. Breastfeeding was measured according to World Health Organization criteria and recorded after monthly phone calls. Depression was measured at home visits at 1 month and 6 months with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Results At 6 months postpartum, participants who did not breastfeed had the highest scores on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; participants who breastfed nonexclusively had the lowest scores (p = .067). At both time points, there was a significant difference in weight (p = .017) between women who were doing any breastfeeding and women who were not breastfeeding. Conclusion Breastfeeding, even if not exclusive, contributed to lower depression scores and significantly lower postpartum weight among this sample of Mexican American women.
AB - Objective To determine if symptoms of postpartum depression and postpartum weight varied according to the level of breastfeeding among women of Mexican origin at 1 month and 6 months postpartum. Design Secondary quantitative analysis to study the differences in postpartum weight and depression among the mothers in the study who breastfed and those who did not. Setting A heavily Hispanic community located in a major Southwestern U.S. city. Participants Women of Mexican origin (N = 150) who enrolled during their third trimesters in a local Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children clinic and were followed for 6 months. Methods Weight was measured at 1 month and at 6 months postpartum at home visits with validated digital scales. Breastfeeding was measured according to World Health Organization criteria and recorded after monthly phone calls. Depression was measured at home visits at 1 month and 6 months with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Results At 6 months postpartum, participants who did not breastfeed had the highest scores on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; participants who breastfed nonexclusively had the lowest scores (p = .067). At both time points, there was a significant difference in weight (p = .017) between women who were doing any breastfeeding and women who were not breastfeeding. Conclusion Breastfeeding, even if not exclusive, contributed to lower depression scores and significantly lower postpartum weight among this sample of Mexican American women.
KW - Mexican American women
KW - breastfeeding
KW - postpartum depression
KW - postpartum weight
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jogn.2016.05.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jogn.2016.05.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 27632434
AN - SCOPUS:84994552778
SN - 0884-2175
VL - 45
SP - 760
EP - 771
JO - JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
JF - JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing
IS - 6
ER -