TY - JOUR
T1 - Perinatal Anxiety Symptoms: Rates and Risk Factors in Mexican Women
AU - Juarez Padilla, Janeth
AU - Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz
AU - Navarrete, Laura
AU - Lara, Ma Asunción
N1 - Funding Information:
The overall research project was supported by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tec-nolog?a (CONACyT, Mexico. CB-2009-01 133923) and the present study by the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training by National Institute on Minority Health and Health disparities (T37MD003405) Latino Mental Health Research Training Program at the University of Southern California. We are grateful to the staff and patients at the Centro de Salud ?ngel Brioso Vasconcelos and the Hospital Regional del ISSSTE. Adolfo L?pez Mateos.
Funding Information:
Funding: The overall research project was supported by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tec-nología (CONACyT, Mexico. CB-2009-01 133923) and the present study by the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training by National Institute on Minority Health and Health disparities (T37MD003405) Latino Mental Health Research Training Program at the University of Southern California.
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - Anxiety during pregnancy and after childbirth can have negative consequences for a woman and her baby. Despite growing interest in the perinatal mental health of Mexican women living in the U.S., perinatal anxiety symptom (PAS) rates and risk factors have yet to be established for women in Mexico. We sought to determine PAS rates and identify risk factors, including the traditional female role (TFR) in a sample of Mexican women. This secondary data analysis is based on 234 Mexican women who participated in a longitudinal study on perinatal depression in Mexico. Anxiety symptoms were assessed in pregnancy and at six weeks postpartum. Rates were determined through frequencies, and multiple logistics regressions were conducted to identify risk factors in the sample. The PAS rate was 21% in pregnancy and 18% postpartum. Stressful life events and depressive symptoms were associated with a higher probability of PAS. Adherence to TFR increased the probability of prenatal anxiety; lower educational attainment and low social support during pregnancy increased the probability of postpartum anxiety. The PAS rates were within the range reported in the literature. The TFR was only associated with anxiety in gestation, highlighting the role of this culturally relevant risk factor. Culturally responsive early interventions are therefore required.
AB - Anxiety during pregnancy and after childbirth can have negative consequences for a woman and her baby. Despite growing interest in the perinatal mental health of Mexican women living in the U.S., perinatal anxiety symptom (PAS) rates and risk factors have yet to be established for women in Mexico. We sought to determine PAS rates and identify risk factors, including the traditional female role (TFR) in a sample of Mexican women. This secondary data analysis is based on 234 Mexican women who participated in a longitudinal study on perinatal depression in Mexico. Anxiety symptoms were assessed in pregnancy and at six weeks postpartum. Rates were determined through frequencies, and multiple logistics regressions were conducted to identify risk factors in the sample. The PAS rate was 21% in pregnancy and 18% postpartum. Stressful life events and depressive symptoms were associated with a higher probability of PAS. Adherence to TFR increased the probability of prenatal anxiety; lower educational attainment and low social support during pregnancy increased the probability of postpartum anxiety. The PAS rates were within the range reported in the literature. The TFR was only associated with anxiety in gestation, highlighting the role of this culturally relevant risk factor. Culturally responsive early interventions are therefore required.
KW - perinatal anxiety symptoms
KW - risk factors
KW - traditional female role
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18010082
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18010082
M3 - Article
C2 - 33374261
VL - 18
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1661-7827
IS - 1
M1 - 82
ER -