Tobacco smoking and depression during pregnancy

• Autor(a) principal: Jansen,Karen
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Curra,Aline Rezende, Souza,Luciano Dias de Mattos, Pinheiro,Ricardo Tavares, Moraes,Inácia Gomes da Silva, Cunha,Myriam Siqueira da, Silva,Ricardo Azevedo da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81082010000200004
• topic: Depression; pregnancy; smoking; cross-sectional studies

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between cigarette smoking and depression in pregnant women and to identify associated factors. METHOD: This was a cross-sectional study including 1,264 pregnant women assisted by the public health service in the municipality of Pelotas, Brazil. Depression was evaluated using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Cigarette consumption was assessed using open questions. Poisson regression was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: The prevalence of depression during pregnancy was 21.2%; 19.3% of the depressed women were smokers. Women who smoked during pregnancy showed a 1.72-fold (95% confidence interval: 1.27-2.34) higher probability of being depressed. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest a positive relationship between cigarette smoking and depression symptoms in pregnant women.