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Chronic stressors and maternal depression: implications for prevention.

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Orr, ST; James, SA; Burns, BJ; Thompson, B
Published in: Am J Public Health
September 1989

We report on the use of an instrument to measure exposure to stressors among 149 women presenting with their children for pediatric care at an urban primary care center. Overall, 38.3 percent of the women had significant levels of depressive symptoms; 71.4 percent of those in the "high stress" group had an adjusted prevalence odds ratio of 5.00 [95% CI = 2.12, 11.82]. We conclude that screening in the pediatric office is feasible for identifying women at high risk of becoming depressed.

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Am J Public Health

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ISSN

0090-0036

Publication Date

September 1989

Volume

79

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1295 / 1296

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Public Health
  • Mothers
  • Marriage
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Educational Status
  • Depression
  • 42 Health sciences
 

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Orr, S. T., James, S. A., Burns, B. J., & Thompson, B. (1989). Chronic stressors and maternal depression: implications for prevention. Am J Public Health, 79(9), 1295–1296. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.79.9.1295
Orr, S. T., S. A. James, B. J. Burns, and B. Thompson. “Chronic stressors and maternal depression: implications for prevention.Am J Public Health 79, no. 9 (September 1989): 1295–96. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.79.9.1295.
Orr ST, James SA, Burns BJ, Thompson B. Chronic stressors and maternal depression: implications for prevention. Am J Public Health. 1989 Sep;79(9):1295–6.
Orr, S. T., et al. “Chronic stressors and maternal depression: implications for prevention.Am J Public Health, vol. 79, no. 9, Sept. 1989, pp. 1295–96. Pubmed, doi:10.2105/ajph.79.9.1295.
Orr ST, James SA, Burns BJ, Thompson B. Chronic stressors and maternal depression: implications for prevention. Am J Public Health. 1989 Sep;79(9):1295–1296.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Public Health

DOI

ISSN

0090-0036

Publication Date

September 1989

Volume

79

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1295 / 1296

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Public Health
  • Mothers
  • Marriage
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Educational Status
  • Depression
  • 42 Health sciences