242 Characterization of Maternal Stress During Pregnancy

Abstract

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: 1. To characterize domains of maternal psychosocial stress from the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Cohens Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) administered during pregnancy using principal components analysis (PCA). 2. To identify sociodemographic, perinatal, and lifestyle correlates of maternal psychosocial stress domains. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Using data from 1,079 pregnant women in the Healthy Start Study who completed both the EPDS and PSS in early pregnancy, we ran PCA and retained factors representative of uncorrelated domains of maternal psychosocial stress based on the Scree plot and Eigenvalues >1. We then used linear regression to identify sociodemographic, perinatal, and lifestyle correlates of each maternal stress domain, followed by multivariable models that mutually adjusted for all characteristics that were statistically significant at alpha = 0.10. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: We identified three domains of maternal psychosocial stress based on PCA results: Feeling Overwhelmed (Domain 1), Anhedonia (Domain 2), and Lack of Control (Domain 3). In unadjusted analyses, lower household income and poor diet quality were associated with higher scores for all three domains. In adjusted analyses, lower household income, being multiparous, inadequate or excessive GWG, and poor diet quality were associated with Feeling Overwhelmed. Older age, Hispanic ethnicity, and poor diet quality were associated with Anhedonia. Non-Hispanic, Black race/ethnicity, lower educational attainment, having a partner born outside the US, larger household size, receiving public assistance, and smoking during pregnancy were associated with Lack of Control. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: We identify three unique domains of maternal psychosocial stress that are differentially related to sociodemographic, perinatal, and lifestyle characteristics. Correlates of stress domains shed light on upstream determinants and biological and psychosocial mechanisms through which experiences of stress manifest.