Table 3.

Temporal relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for stress and social support in relation to maternal depressive or anxiety symptoms

	Depressive Symptoms RR (95% CI)		Anxiety Symptoms RR(95% CI)
	3 Months After Delivery	6 Months After Delivery	3 Months After Delivery	6 Months After Delivery
Unadjusted Relative Risk
Social Supporta
After Delivery	0.62 (0.49–0.80)	0.73 (0.87–0.92)	0.85 (0.47–1.54)	0.87 (0.36–2.12)
3 Months	0.56 (0.44–0.71)	0.81 (0.61–1.07)	0.61 (0.41–0.89)	0.67 (0.35–1.27)
6 Months	--	0.77 (0.56–1.04)	--	0.62 (0.36–1.07)
Stressb
After Delivery	1.22 (1.10–1.34)	1.15 (1.04–1.26)	1.20 (1.05–1.37)	1.26 (1.05–1.51)
3 Months	1.38 (1.27–1.50)	1.19 (1.09–1.30)	1.20 (0.99–1.47)	1.21 (1.04–1.41)
6 Months	--	1.19 (1.10–1.28)	--	1.22 (1.15–1.29)
Relative Risk adjusted for Prior Experiencesc
Social Supporta
After Delivery	1.02 (0.72–1.45)	0.88 (0.61–1.27)	1.36 (0.69–2.69)	1.24 (0.42–3.72)
3 Months	0.52 (0.38–0.71)	0.97 (0.61–1.53)	0.52 (0.33–0.82)	0.71 (0.26–2.00)
6 Months	--	0.79 (0.48–1.31)	--	0.77 (0.34–1.75)
Stressb
After Delivery	1.07 (0.72–1.25)	0.84 (0.74–0.96)	1.13 (0.94–1.36)	0.78 (0.57–1.05)
3 Months	1.35 (1.21–1.50)	1.15 (1.06–1.25)	1.13 (0.87–1.47)	1.21 (1.00–1.44)
6 Months	--	1.27 (1.17–1.39)	--	1.39 (1.16–1.67)
Model 1d
Social Supporta	0.53 (0.40–0.72)	0.86 (0.65–1.15)	0.65 (0.40–1.00)	0.59 (0.31–1.11)
Stressb	1.39 (1.26–1.54)	1.16 (1.06–1.26)	1.19 (0.96–1.49)	1.08 (0.96–1.22)

^aOne Point Increase in Average Social Support Score,

^bOne Point Increase in Stress Score;

^cSocial support variables adjusted for prior time period(s) social support, stress variables adjusted for prior time period(s) stress;

^dAdjusted for maternal age, maternal education, maternal after delivery mental health symptoms, and stress and social support during the same time period