TY - JOUR
T1 - A longitudinal analysis of total workload and women's health after childbirth
AU - McGovern, Patricia M
AU - Dagher, Rada K.
AU - Rice, Heidi Roeber
AU - Gjerdingen, Dwenda
AU - Dowd, Bryan E
AU - Ukestad, Laurie K.
AU - Lundberg, Ulf
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the grant 5 R18 OH00605-05 from National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIOSH.
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - Objectives: To examine the association of women's postpartum health with total workload (TWL), work and personal factors in the year after childbirth. METHODS: Employed women from Minneapolis and St Paul, Minnesota, were recruited while hospitalized for childbirth. Longitudinal analyses, using fixed effects regression models, estimated the associations of TWL, job satisfaction and stress, social support, perceived control, breastfeeding and infant characteristics with women's health at 5 weeks, 11 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months postpartum. RESULTS: Increased TWL over time was associated with significantly poorer mental health and increased symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: High TWL-including reduced time for rest, recovery, and sleep-is a risk factor for women's mental health and symptoms 12 months after childbirth. Women's postpartum health was positively associated with social support, which may help to decrease the negative effects of excess work.
AB - Objectives: To examine the association of women's postpartum health with total workload (TWL), work and personal factors in the year after childbirth. METHODS: Employed women from Minneapolis and St Paul, Minnesota, were recruited while hospitalized for childbirth. Longitudinal analyses, using fixed effects regression models, estimated the associations of TWL, job satisfaction and stress, social support, perceived control, breastfeeding and infant characteristics with women's health at 5 weeks, 11 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months postpartum. RESULTS: Increased TWL over time was associated with significantly poorer mental health and increased symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: High TWL-including reduced time for rest, recovery, and sleep-is a risk factor for women's mental health and symptoms 12 months after childbirth. Women's postpartum health was positively associated with social support, which may help to decrease the negative effects of excess work.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318217197b
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318217197b
M3 - Article
C2 - 21508869
AN - SCOPUS:79955957761
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 53
SP - 497
EP - 505
JO - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
JF - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
IS - 5
ER -