Publications by authors named "Ann M Kingsbury"
Background: Sound evidence has linked the experience of adversity with depression. Less is known about this association over time.
Aim: The aim of this study is to determine whether or not social adversity experienced by pregnant women is associated with their patterns of depressive symptoms over their reproductive life course.
Objectives: Considerable evidence suggests maternal psychopathology influences that of their offspring. The probability of a reverse causal pathway has been only rarely considered but is a concern, given around 10% of children manifest mental impairment during their early years. This study determines the extent to which child behavior problems at ages 5 and 14 years are associated with mothers' mental health at 21 years post birth.
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- This study compares the characteristics and needs of pregnant women from two different time periods, assessing samples from 1981-1984 and 2011-2012.
- Women's socio-demographic factors have shifted, with recent samples being older, more educated, and more likely to cohabit without marriage and to have their first child.
- Significant lifestyle and mental health changes were observed, including higher rates of smoking cessation and anxiety symptoms in modern samples, alongside an increase in body mass index, indicating areas for further health intervention and monitoring.
Background: With evidence of offspring harms and concern for younger women's drinking behaviours, this study uses a hospital cohort to trend the use and changes in women's reported alcohol consumption.
Aims: To examine (i) the trend of women's reported alcohol consumption over time, (ii) whether any increases in the frequency of alcohol consumption prior to a pregnancy are accompanied by increases in the frequency of alcohol consumption in pregnancy and (iii) the characteristics of women consuming alcohol at these times.
Methods: Midwives collected routine data on 19,699 women between 2001 and 2006.
Little is known about the long-term mental health of women following the birth of an infant. This study describes the 21 year trajectory of women's depression following the birth of an infant and identifies early predictors of post-birth maternal depression trajectories. The sample comprises 2,991 women from the Mater and University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: This study aimed to examine the association between cannabis use before and during pregnancy and birth outcomes.
Results: Overall, 26.3% of women reported previous use of cannabis and 2.
Introduction And Aims: To study the prevalence of use of illicit drugs by women of reproductive age before and during pregnancy and the changes in rates of illicit drug use in pregnancy over recent years.
Design And Methods: All pregnant women attending the public antenatal clinic over a 7 year period (2000-2006) were routinely interviewed about their use of illicit drugs by a midwife at the antenatal booking visit.
Measurements: Records for 25,049 women, who self-reported previous and current use of cannabis, amphetamines, ecstasy and heroin, were included in the study.