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Mental health care use in relation to depressive symptoms among pregnant women in the USA

Authors: Nancy Byatt, Rui S. Xiao, Kate H. Dinh, Molly E. Waring

Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health | Issue 1/2016

Abstract

We examined mental health care use in relation to depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) ≥10) among a nationally representative sample of pregnant women using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2012. Logistic regression models estimated crude and adjusted odds ratios for mental health care use in the past year in relation to depressive symptoms. While 8.2 % (95 % CI 4.6–11.8) of pregnant women were depressed, only 12 % (95 % CI 1.8–22.1) of these women reported mental health care use in the past year.

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Title: Mental health care use in relation to depressive symptoms among pregnant women in the USA
Authors: Nancy Byatt
Rui S. Xiao
Kate H. Dinh
Molly E. Waring
Publication date: 01-02-2016
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health / Issue 1/2016
Print ISSN: 1434-1816
Electronic ISSN: 1435-1102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-015-0524-1

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