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Citation

Melo EF, Cecatti JG, Pacagnella RC, Leite DF, Vulcani DE, Makuch MY. J. Affect. Disord. 2012; 136(3): 1204-1208.

Affiliation

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Campinas, Brazil; Department of Maternal and Infant Health, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jad.2011.11.023

PMID

22169251

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of antepartum and postpartum depression (PPD) and its association with certain risk factors was evaluated. METHOD: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was applied and sociodemographic data was obtained at the beginning of the third trimester of pregnancy and at 4-6weeks postpartum. RESULTS: The prevalence of depression was 24.3% during pregnancy (n=600 women) and 10.8% in the postpartum period (n=555). The factors independently associated with antepartum depression were the absence of a partner (PR(adj) 1.93; 95%CI: 1.44-2.58), a lower socioeconomic class (1.75; 1.18-2.60), being non-white (1.48; 1.09-2.01) and multiparity (1.32; 1.01-1.74). For postpartum depression, the factors were the occurrence of psychological violence (PR(adj) 3.31; 95%CI: 2.02-5.43), use of alcohol during pregnancy (2.14; 1.33-3.45), being non-white (1.85; 1.11-3.08) and physical violence (2.14; 1.13-4.08). The sensitivity of depression during pregnancy as a predictor of PPD was 75%, while specificity was 81%. There were no differences between the two settings. LIMITATIONS: EDPS does not diagnose depression and as a screening instrument it could overestimate the true prevalence of depression. CONCLUSIONS: The use of the EPDS instrument during pregnancy would allow a screening for identifying women at higher risk of developing PPD and then a proposal of specific interventions to manage this condition. Postpartum depression was prevalent in around 10% of the women and was associated with unfavorable sociodemographic conditions including the use of alcohol and with the occurrence of psychological and physical violence.


Language: en

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