title: The impact of psychosocial stressors on postpartum weight retention.
abstract: Excessive gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention are implicated in future morbidity in women. To understand whether psychosocial stressors contribute to weight retention, we used data collected in a cohort of postpartum women and analyzed measures of stress, depression, social support, and health-related quality of life. Depressive symptoms at delivery and worse health-related quality of life and lower stress at 3 months postpartum were associated with 3-month weight retention. Interventions targeting depression and improving quality of life may further reduce weight retained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA.
authors.forename: Neal D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA. ehrenthal@wisc.edu.|Value Institute, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA. ehrenthal@wisc.edu.|Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 1010 Mound Street, McConnell Hall 4th floor, Madison, WI, USA. ehrenthal@wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Deborah B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Ehrenthal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011788:Quality of Life; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015430:Weight Gain
keywords: Depression; Gestational weight gain; Postpartum weight retention; Quality of life; Stress