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Shuyuan Huang, D. Wischik, R. Whittemore, S. Jeon, Long Qing, Jia Guo
Birth, 2021
Birth, 2021
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Huang, S., Wischik, D., Whittemore, R., Jeon, S., Qing, L., & Guo, J. (2021). Determinants of elevated depressive symptoms in Chinese women with gestational diabetes mellitus. Birth.
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Huang, Shuyuan, D. Wischik, R. Whittemore, S. Jeon, Long Qing, and Jia Guo. “Determinants of Elevated Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.” Birth (2021).
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Huang, Shuyuan, et al. “Determinants of Elevated Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.” Birth, 2021.
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@article{shuyuan2021a,
title = {Determinants of elevated depressive symptoms in Chinese women with gestational diabetes mellitus.},
year = {2021},
journal = {Birth},
author = {Huang, Shuyuan and Wischik, D. and Whittemore, R. and Jeon, S. and Qing, Long and Guo, Jia}
}
Abstract
BACKGROUND Pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have a higher risk of developing elevated depressive symptoms than women without GDM. The aim of this study was to investigate the sociodemographic (eg, location), clinical (eg, health care-seeking behaviors), and psychological (eg, active coping skills) factors associated with elevated depressive symptoms in Chinese women with GDM.
METHODS This was a secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional study among Chinese women with GDM. Data (n = 323) were collected in 2018 from two hospitals in Hunan Province in China. The Center for Epidemiological Survey Depression Scale was used, with a criterion score ≥20 indicative of clinically elevated depressive symptoms. Descriptive, bivariate, and multiple logistic regression analyses were completed.
FINDINGS The women had a mean age of 32.71 (SD = 5.17), and the majority were married (84.2%), college-educated (65.6%), and with Han ethnicity (89.8%). About 68% of women had elevated depressive symptoms. Women with higher active coping scores were less likely (OR = 0.19, 95% CI: 0.10-0.38) to have elevated depressive symptoms. Women from one geographical location (Changde) who had more emergency room visits had higher odds (OR = 3.10, 95% CI: 1.88-5.10) of elevated depressive symptoms.
DISCUSSION There was a high co-occurrence of GDM and elevated depressive symptoms among pregnant women in our sample. Assessment for depressive symptoms in women with GDM is warranted. More research about increasing active coping skills may improve health outcomes in women with GDM.
