TY - JOUR
T1 - The Chronicity of Depressive Symptoms in Mothers of Children With Asthma
AU - Kub, Joan
AU - Bellin, Melissa H.
AU - Butz, Arlene
AU - Elizabeth Bollinger, Mary
AU - Lewis-Land, Cassia
AU - Osteen, Philip
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: All phases of this study were supported by a National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant NR010546.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - Depression can disproportionately affect low-income women. The purpose of this study was to explore the chronicity of depressive symptoms in a sample of 276 low-income inner-city mothers of children with high-risk asthma. The aims were to identify factors (asthma health status, stress, social support) associated with change in depressive symptomatology over 12 months as well as to ascertain what factors are most consistently associated with depressive symptoms. Using latent growth curve analysis, demographic variables, asthma severity, stress, and social support failed to explain changes in depressive symptomatology. The growth curve models, however, were predictive of Center for Epidemiologic Studies–Depression Scale (CES-D) scores at distinct time points indicating that higher daily stress and lower social support were associated with increased depressive symptoms. Our data highlight the chronic nature of depressive symptoms in low-income mothers of children with poorly controlled asthma. Integrating questions about caregiver psychological state across all clinical encounters with the family may be indicated.
AB - Depression can disproportionately affect low-income women. The purpose of this study was to explore the chronicity of depressive symptoms in a sample of 276 low-income inner-city mothers of children with high-risk asthma. The aims were to identify factors (asthma health status, stress, social support) associated with change in depressive symptomatology over 12 months as well as to ascertain what factors are most consistently associated with depressive symptoms. Using latent growth curve analysis, demographic variables, asthma severity, stress, and social support failed to explain changes in depressive symptomatology. The growth curve models, however, were predictive of Center for Epidemiologic Studies–Depression Scale (CES-D) scores at distinct time points indicating that higher daily stress and lower social support were associated with increased depressive symptoms. Our data highlight the chronic nature of depressive symptoms in low-income mothers of children with poorly controlled asthma. Integrating questions about caregiver psychological state across all clinical encounters with the family may be indicated.
KW - caregivers of children with asthma
KW - chronicity of depression
KW - depression
KW - life stress
KW - maternal depressive symptoms
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U2 - 10.1177/0193945917705858
DO - 10.1177/0193945917705858
M3 - Article
C2 - 28508700
AN - SCOPUS:85041930596
SN - 0193-9459
VL - 40
SP - 1581
EP - 1597
JO - Western journal of nursing research
JF - Western journal of nursing research
IS - 11
ER -