Journal article
Disability, Social Support, and Concern for Children: Depression in Mothers With Multiple Sclerosis
Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing, Vol.31(4), pp.444-453
07/2002
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2002.tb00067.x
PMID: 12146934
Abstract
To investigate the relationship between disability, concern for children, social support, and depressive symptoms in a group of mothers with multiple sclerosis (MS).
An exploratory secondary analysis using correlation and multiple regression techniques.
Two hundred one women with MS responded to a survey as part of a cohort participating in a longitudinal study of health promotion and quality of life.
Depressive symptoms were measured using the CESD-10.
The results indicate that disability and concern for children are independent predictors of depressive symptoms, and social support can partially mediate the effect of concern for children on depressive symptoms.
Appropriate support should be identified and provided by nurses caring for mothers with disabilities such as MS to decrease the depressive symptoms related to the concern they have for their children.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Disability, Social Support, and Concern for Children: Depression in Mothers With Multiple Sclerosis
- Creators
- Tracie Harrison - The University of Texas at AustinAlexa Stuifbergen - The University of Texas at Austin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing, Vol.31(4), pp.444-453
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2002.tb00067.x
- PMID
- 12146934
- ISSN
- 0884-2175
- eISSN
- 1552-6909
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2002
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984696722102771
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