ArticleJournal of pregnancy2018
Prepregnancy Depression and Breastfeeding Duration: A Look at Maternal Age.
Article in Journal of pregnancy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Perinatal determinants of depressive disorder profile in high-income women: testing current cut-off thresholds.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Psychosocial Influences on Breastfeeding Duration: Maternal, Paternal, and Infant Contributors.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Review
- Breastfeeding in primiparous women with congenital heart disease - a register study.International breastfeeding journal · 2024Article
- Collateral benefits from a school-readiness intervention on breastfeeding: A cross-domain impact evaluation.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Article
- Factors associated with duration of breastfeeding in women giving birth for the first time.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Observational
- Breastfeeding, pregnancy, medicines, neurodevelopment, and population databases: the information desert.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Review
- The effect of maternal depressive symptoms on infant feeding practices in rural Ethiopia: community based birth cohort study.International breastfeeding journal · 2021Article
- Hypothalamic Gene Expression and Postpartum Behavior in a Genetic Rat Model of Depression.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2020Article
- Prenatal Depression Severity and Postpartum Care Utilization in a Medicaid Population.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn the United States, major depressive disorder affects one in five women aged 20-40 years. During these childbearing years, depression can negatively impact maternal behaviors that are crucial for infant growth and development. This study examined the relationship between prepregnancy depression and breastfeeding duration by maternal age.
methodsData from Phase 7 (2012-2013) of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (N=62,483) were analyzed. Prepregnancy depression was dichotomized while breastfeeding duration was categorized as never breastfed, breastfed 8 weeks or less, and breastfed more than 8 weeks. Maternal age was a significant effect modifier; therefore, results were stratified by maternal age. Multinomial logistic regression was used to obtain odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI).
resultsFor women aged 20-24, 25-29, and 30-34 years with prepregnancy depression, the odds of never breastfeeding and breastfeeding 8 weeks or less were significantly higher than in women with no history of prepregnancy depression. Notably, among women aged 25-29 with prepregnancy depression, the odds of never breastfeeding and breastfeeding 8 weeks or less were 93% (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.93, 95% CI =1.57-2.37) and 65% (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI = 1.37-1.99) higher compared to women with no history of prepregnancy depression, respectively.
conclusionsHaving a history of poor mental health before pregnancy may increase the likelihood of premature breastfeeding cessation. A woman's mental health status before pregnancy should be considered in reproductive and prenatal care models. Efforts should be made to understand challenges women of specific age groups face when trying to breastfeed.
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