American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 5 , Pages 490.e1-490.e7 , November 2009

Major depression and urinary incontinence in women: temporal associations in an epidemiologic sample

  • Jennifer L. Melville, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
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  • Ming-Yu Fan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Holly Rau, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
    • Department of Psychology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
    • ,
  • Ingrid E. Nygaard, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
    • ,
  • Wayne J. Katon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Received 30 November 2008 ,Revised 31 March 2009 ,Accepted 26 May 2009.

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 Support was provided by a Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to Dr Melville (NIMH 5 K23 MH070704). The Health and Retirement Study is funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and conducted by the University of Michigan.

 Cite this article as: Melville L, Fan MY, Rau H, et al. Major depression and urinary incontinence in women: temporal associations in an epidemiologic sample. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:490.e1-7.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00558-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.05.047

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 5 , Pages 490.e1-490.e7 , November 2009

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