TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Correlation between the Great East Japan Earthquake and postpartum depression: a study in Miyako, Iwate, Japan JO - Disaster medicine and public health preparedness A1 - Nishigori, Hidekazu A1 - Sasaki, Michiho A1 - Obara, Taku A1 - Nishigori, Toshie A1 - Ishikuro, Mami A1 - Metoki, Hirohito A1 - Sugawara, Junichi A1 - Kuriyama, Shinichi A1 - Hosoyachi, Akira A1 - Yaegashi, Nobuo A1 - Kobayashi, Takashi A1 - Yoshizumi, Noboru SP - 307 EP - 312 VL - 9 IS - 3 N2 - OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the correlation between the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and postpartum depression among perinatal subjects in the Miyako region of Iwate, an area damaged by earthquakes and tsunamis.

METHODS: We retrospectively compared the percentages of women with scores ≥9 on the Japanese version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) among 3 groups of women who gave birth prior to the disaster (before-disaster group: n=141), within 3 months after the disaster (within-3-months group: n=70), and 4-6 months after the disaster (4-6-months group: n=89) at the Iwate Prefectural Miyako Hospital. The risk factors for EPDS scores ≥9 were estimated with multivariate logistic regression analyses.

RESULTS: Compared with the before-disaster group, a significantly greater number of women in the within-3-months group had EPDS scores ≥9 at hospital discharge (31.4% versus 9.9%, P<.0001), whereas women in the 4-6-months group did not (10.1% versus 9.9%, P=.96). In both the after-disaster groups, the destruction of their home (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 3.68; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.46-9.26) and dissatisfaction with their living conditions (AOR, 3.02; 95% CI, 1.20-7.59) were significantly associated with EPDS scores ≥9.

CONCLUSIONS: An increase in postpartum depression was observed after the Great East Japan Earthquake among perinatal women. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2015;0:1-6).

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LA - en SN - 1935-7893 UR - http://dx.doi.org/0.1017/dmp.2015.51 ID - ref1 ER -