A cross-sectional analysis of perinatal depressive symptoms among Punjabi-speaking women: are they at risk?

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Helen Brown³  Sabrina T. Wong²  Raman Sanghera¹ 

[1] Fraser Health Authority, Public Health Nurse, Newton Public Health Unit, #200 7337 137th Street, Surrey V3W 1A4, BC, Canada;University of British Columbia School of Nursing and Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Co-Director of BC node of the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network, T201 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver V6T 2B5, BC, Canada;University of British Columbia School of Nursing, T149-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver V6T 2B5, BC, Canada

关键词: Canada primary health care, public health;    Immigrant;    Health disparity;    Ethnicity;    South Asian;    Pregnancy;   

Others  :  1221109
DOI  :  10.1186/s12884-015-0568-2

 received in 2014-09-06, accepted in 2015-05-27,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Depression is the leading cause of disability for childbearing women. We examined three specific research questions among Punjabi-speaking women residing in the Fraser Health Authority: 1) What are the prevalence rates of prenatal depressive symptoms? 2) Do Punjabi-speaking women have a higher likelihood of reporting depressive symptoms compared to English-speaking women after controlling for age, level of education and financial worries, and 3) Given the same level of exposure to level of education and financial worries, do Punjabi-speaking women have the same likelihood of reporting depressive symptoms?

Methods

Data originated from the Fraser Health Authority prenatal registration database consisting of pregnant women (n = 9684) who completed a prenatal registration form between June 2009 and August 2010; 9.1 % indicated speaking Punjabi. The Whooley Depression Screen measured depressive symptoms. Chi-square tests and logistic multiple regression were used to examine the rates of reporting depressive symptoms among Punjabi-speaking women compared to English-speaking women.

Results

Punjabi-speaking women are at a higher risk for perinatal depressive symptoms. Women needing an interpreter were more likely to report prenatal depressive symptoms compared to English-speaking women. All registrants who reported financial worries had four and a half times the odds of reporting depressive symptoms. The impact of financial worries was significantly greater in the English-speaking women compared to the Punjabi-speaking women needing an interpreter.

Conclusion

Using an established screening device, Punjabi-speaking women were found to be at higher risk for prenatal depressive symptoms.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Sanghera et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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