Learn more about our research
  • Home
  • People
  • Current projects
    • Communication and 22q
    • Autism and E-Technology
    • Employment and Autism
    • 22qConnect
    • Developing a Measure of Social Cognition
    • The WAND Study
    • Risk and resilience 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
    • Breathing for LIfe - Infant Development
    • BabyMinds
    • SDPrem
  • Past Projects
    • The Impact of Prenatal Screening
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Home
  • People
  • Current projects
    • Communication and 22q
    • Autism and E-Technology
    • Employment and Autism
    • 22qConnect
    • Developing a Measure of Social Cognition
    • The WAND Study
    • Risk and resilience 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
    • Breathing for LIfe - Infant Development
    • BabyMinds
    • SDPrem
  • Past Projects
    • The Impact of Prenatal Screening
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Blog

find lab blog

New publication: Asthma, motherhood and mental health

6/2/2019

0 Comments

 
You might have participated in our BLT-ID study, if so you might be interested in our recent publication. 

In this paper w
e aimed to examine the prevalence and severity of psychological distress of women with asthma in both the prenatal and postnatal periods, and to determine whether asthmatic women with and without mental health problems differ in self-management, medications knowledge, and asthma symptoms. We included data from 120 women with information about prenatal depression data obtained from medical records and through self report at 6 weeks postpartum. We found that twenty percent of our sample reported having a current mental health diagnosis, 14% reported currently receiving mental health care, while 47% reported having received mental health care in the past (and may/may not have received a diagnosis). More specifically, we found that overall women in our sample were more likely to score higher than expected on aggression, avoidant personality and attention deficit/hyperactivity scales. Poorer self-reported postnatal asthma control was strongly correlated with elevated somatic complaints, externalizing problems, antisocial personality problems, and greater withdrawal. However, prenatal spirometry or asthma severity and control were largely not associated with measures of psychopathology. These findings indicate that pregnant women with asthma frequently report issues with psychopathology during the prenatal and postnatal periods, and that the subjective perception of asthma control may be more related to psychopathology than objective asthma measures. However, due to sample bias, these findings are likely to be understated.

If you are interested in reading more about our research information processing information processing, click on Whalen, OM., Campbell, LE., Murphy VE., Lane, AE., gibson, PG., Mattew, J., Collison, A., Mallise, CA., Woolard, A., Karayanidis, F/. (2019) Observational study of mental health in asthmatic women during the prenatal and postnatal periods published in the Journal of Asthma.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Hi, I am Dr Linda Campbell. I am an Academic and a Clinical Psychologist. This blog is meant to keep you in the loop about the activities of of our research lab - the FIND Lab.

    Archives

    January 2021
    December 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    August 2019
    June 2019
    August 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    March 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly