151. Weight concerns, mood, and postpartum smoking relapse.
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Levine MD, Marcus MD, Kalarchian MA, Houck PR, and Cheng Y
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- Adolescent, Adult, Body Image, Depression, Postpartum psychology, Female, Humans, Mothers psychology, Postpartum Period psychology, Pregnancy, Proportional Hazards Models, Recurrence, Risk Factors, Smoking psychology, Smoking Cessation psychology, Young Adult, Affect, Body Weight, Smoking epidemiology
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Background: The majority of women who quit smoking as a result of pregnancy will resume smoking during the first 6 months postpartum. Evidence suggests that changes in depressive symptoms, perceived stress, and concerns about weight may relate to postpartum smoking relapse., Purpose: This study was designed to prospectively evaluate the relationship of mood and weight concerns to postpartum smoking among women who quit smoking during pregnancy., Methods: Pregnant women who had quit smoking (N=183) were recruited between February 2003 and November 2006. Women completed assessments of mood (depressive symptoms, perceived stress, positive and negative affect) and weight concerns during the third trimester of pregnancy and at 6, 12, and 24 weeks postpartum. Self-reported smoking status was verified by expired-air carbon monoxide and salivary cotinine at each assessment. Cox regression analyses in which mood and weight concerns were treated as time-dependent covariates were conducted in 2007 and 2009., Results: By 24 weeks postpartum, 65% of women had resumed smoking. Smoking-related weight concerns increased risk of relapse, and positive affect and self-efficacy for weight management without smoking decreased risk of relapse postpartum. Moreover, after controlling for variables previously related to postpartum relapse, weight concerns remained significantly related to smoking relapse., Conclusions: Smoking-related weight concerns and positive affect increase the likelihood that a woman will resume smoking postpartum. Moreover, weight concerns appear to be salient even in the context of other factors shown to affect postpartum smoking. This study suggests that interventions may need to address women's weight concerns and mood to help sustain smoking abstinence after childbirth., (Copyright © 2010 American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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