Eberhard-Gran, Malin, Tambs, Kristian, Opjordsmoen, Stein, Skrondal, Anders and Eskild, Anne (2003) A comparison of anxiety and depressive symptomatology in postpartum and non-postpartum women. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 38 (10). pp. 551-556. ISSN 0933-7954
Abstract
Background: The aim of the study was to compare the distribution of symptoms of anxiety and depression among postpartum as compared with non-postpartum mothers, and to estimate the impact of the postpartum period on the risk of anxiety and depression when adjusted for other risk factors. Methods: A questionnaire survey approaching all women 18–40 years of age in two municipalities in Norway during the period 1998–1999 was conducted. A total of 2,730 women were included, of whom 416 were in the postpartum period. Only women with one or more deliveries (n = 1,794) were included in the multivariate analyses. Results: The crude prevalence of anxiety and depression was lower in postpartum as compared to non-postpartum mothers. However, when controlling for other risk factors, the odds ratio for anxiety was 1.2 (95% CI: 0.6–2.3) and for depression 1.8 (95% CI: 1.1–2.9) during the postpartum period. Conclusion: The overall risk of anxiety appeared to be the same in both groups, whereas the risk of depression was increased in the postpartum group.
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| Official URL: | http://www.springer.com/steinkopff/psychiatrie/jou... |
| Additional Information: | © 2003 Springer |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | postpartum depression, prevalence, epidemiology, risk factors |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Sets: | Departments > Methodology Departments > Statistics |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/17101/ |
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