Healio (11/24, Gawel) reported, “Depression after childbirth can affect the economic welfare and financial stability of mothers up to 15 years later,” researchers concluded in a study that “examined 4,362 women in the U.S. enrolled in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study who had delivered between 1998 and 2000 and were followed until 2017.” The investigators then “combined interview data with the mothers’ medical records and analyzed them at three, five, nine, and 15 years after delivery.” The findings were published Oct. 22 online ahead of print in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Related Links:
— “Maternal depression linked with long-term economic instability “Richard Gawel, Healio, November 24, 2021