Perinatal depression among a global sample of Spanish-speaking women: A sequential-process latent growth-curve analysis

Carter, Elizabeth A.; Bond, Melissa J.; Wickham, Robert E.; Barrera, Alinne Z.

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2018.09.006

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“…The results showed that the level of anxiety and depression increases from the beginning of pregnancy to the second trimester of pregnancy and has an inverse relation with the level of education. The relationship between education level and psychological health has already been reported; however, the increase in the level of depression and its relative frequency in the present study is in contrast with the results of other research carried out on the general population and indicated a slowdown in depression during pregnancy [20,22].Hu et al also reported that the frequency of depression decreases during the three trimesters of pregnancy [23]. Comparing the prevalence of depression in her study in the first trimester of pregnancy (14.0%), with the present study suggests that women with low-risk pregnancy start pregnancy with less depression, but with the advancement of pregnancy, the level of depression increases.…”

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“…But widespread and comprehensive changes during pregnancy may have a different effect on the psychological health of women during different stages of the prenatal period and it needs to be aware of changes in psychological health during different periods of pregnancy. However, in previous studies, the psychological conditions of pregnant women evaluated during pregnancy; but, there is limited information on the changes in psychological status during low-risk pregnancies [20]. Therefore, the present study was conducted by designing prospective study with the aim of evaluating the changes in psychological symptoms of women with weeks of gestational age.…”

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Changes in Prenatal Depression and Anxiety Levels in Low Risk Pregnancy Among Iranian Women: A Prospective Study

Kazemi

Dadkhah

2020

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Background There is limited information on the changes in uncomplicated pregnancies. Therefore, in the present study, the changes of depression and anxiety changes in uncomplicated pregnancies during the prenatal period was evaluated.Method This longitudinal study was performed on 256 pregnant women at the beginning of the first trimester of pregnancy. Inclusion criteria included the absence of pre-pregnancy depression and anxiety and poor pregnancy history. Exclusion criteria were the incidence of pregnancy complications. The level of their depression and anxiety at the time of entering the study were completed by self-report using the DASS questionnaire at 9–10, 11–12, 24–25, and 33–35 weeks of pregnancy.Results The results of the study indicated the effect of time on the level of perinatal depression and anxiety (p < 0.001). These findings showed that the level of depression increased significantly from 9 to 24 weeks of pregnancy and decreased in the 32–34 weeks, but did not reach the level of depression at 9 weeks of pregnancy. Also, the anxiety level increased significantly from the onset of pregnancy to the 24 weeks gestation but did not change during the second and third trimesters. The findings of the study showed that depression and anxiety levels in each of the pregnancy termites were related to its level in the previous trimesters.Conclusion The results of the study showed that the level of depression and anxiety of women in uncomplicated pregnancies also increases. Therefore, psychological health screenings in the second trimester of pregnancy should be performed in these women.

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Changes in Prenatal Depression and Anxiety Levels in Low Risk Pregnancy Among Iranian Women: A Prospective Study

Kazemi

Dadkhah

2020

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“…A major strength of this study is that it is one of the first to look at longitudinal depression trajectories among pregnant and postpartum women in sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, this study helps to address a large gap in the perinatal depression trajectory literature, which tends to focus on high income, well-resourced countries, with some exceptions (Carter, Bond, Wickham, & Barrera, 2018). Another strength of this study is the large sample size (N=831).…”

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Perinatal depression among mothers in a South African birth cohort study: Trajectories from pregnancy to 18 months postpartum

Pellowski

Bengtson

Barnett

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Journal of Affective Disorders

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Background: Perinatal depression affects 21–50% of women in South Africa and poses significant health risks to mothers and children. Trajectories of depressive symptoms change over time and have not been well characterized during the perinatal period in low and middle-income countries. Methods: Data from women enrolled in a population-based birth cohort study in Paarl, South Africa with at least 3 depression measures from pregnancy through 18 months postpartum (N=831) were analyzed. Depressive symptoms were measured continuously using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Group-based trajectory models were used to estimate trajectories of depressive symptoms during the perinatal period and multinomial multivariable models to identify predictors of trajectory group membership. Results: Five distinct trajectory patterns of depressive symptoms were identified: moderate levels of depressive symptoms during pregnancy but minimal postpartum (3.5%), minimal levels during pregnancy and increasing postpartum (3.7%), unstable levels peaking at 12 months postpartum (6.6%), mild levels with slight decrease postpartum (82.9%), and severe levels during pregnancy and postpartum (3.1%). Membership in the chronic severe symptom group was associated with stressful life events, sexual intimate partner violence and tobacco use. Limitations: Modeling limitations prevented determining how changes in psychosocial predictors over time may influence depressive symptom trajectories. Conclusions: Mild to severe depressive symptoms during pregnancy/postpartum were common among this South African cohort. Interventions to treat women with severe chronic depressive symptoms with co-occurring psychosocial issues are urgently needed.

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“…We believe this is in large part due to the fact that four of the five senior members of i4Health identify as Latinx (Alinne Barrera, Eduardo Bunge, Ricardo Muñoz, and Blanca Pineda). We have worked on studies about perinatal depression on Spanish-speaking women (Barrera and Nichols, 2015; Carter et al, 2019) and online prevention of postpartum depression (Barrera et al, 2015). We have also worked on studies to reach Spanish-speaking smokers (Muñoz et al, 2006, Muñoz et al, 2009, Muñoz et al, 2014), and how to increase recruitment of Spanish- and English-speaking participants (Barrera et al, 2014; Bunge et al, 2019).…”

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Indigeneity, diversity, and equity in Internet interventions: Could ISRII contribute to making health care a universal human right?

Muñoz

Pineda

Llamas

2019

Internet Interventions

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This article is a partially revised version of a keynote address presented at the 10th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) in Auckland, New Zealand. It addresses six points: 1) the meanings of indigeneity, diversity, and equity, 2) the strong emotional reactions elicited by the inequities experienced by indigenous groups throughout the world, 3) the aspirations of members of ISRII in terms of what we would like our field to accomplish to address these inequities, 4) the United Nations goal of making health care a universal human right, 5) the difficulties encountered by other health sciences in attempting to include diverse populations into major studies, and 6) ways in which the Internet interventions and digital health field could include indigeneity, diversity, and equity in our work, and by doing so, contribute to the United Nations goal of making health care a universal human right. The authors suggest that providing access to health care to all people, no matter where they are on the socioeconomic continuum, is a key strategy to pursue. The field of Internet interventions could contribute by creating digital apothecaries that would develop, evaluate, and disseminate evidence-based Massive Open Online Interventions to anyone in the world who needs them.

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Perinatal depression among a global sample of Spanish-speaking women: A sequential-process latent growth-curve analysis

Abstract: Given these findings, it is imperative that providers pay attention to, and assess for, depressive symptoms and identified buffers for depression, especially when working with women from diverse communities.

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Changes in Prenatal Depression and Anxiety Levels in Low Risk Pregnancy Among Iranian Women: A Prospective Study

Changes in Prenatal Depression and Anxiety Levels in Low Risk Pregnancy Among Iranian Women: A Prospective Study

Perinatal depression among mothers in a South African birth cohort study: Trajectories from pregnancy to 18 months postpartum

Indigeneity, diversity, and equity in Internet interventions: Could ISRII contribute to making health care a universal human right?

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