Prevalence of maternal antenatal and postnatal depression and their association with sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors: A multicentre study in Italy

Prevalence of Maternal Postnatal Anxiety and Its Association With Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors: A Multicentre Study in Italy

“…This might suggest that economic and education conditions are more likely to become risk factors among younger and inexpert women (i.e., with a lower number of previous pregnancies or children living at the time of the last pregnancy). However, this suggestion should be interpreted with caution because we cannot exclude the possibility of lack of significant relationships due to the scarce variability and the not very large size of the sample (as compared with the sample of 1,142 pregnant women) ( 36 ), which may fail to detect significant differences that are really present.…”

“…Nevertheless, this article reveals important findings. In particular, high anxious symptoms are common among new mothers, significantly more common than depressive symptoms ( 36 , 43 , 44 ). The results of this study will serve as a baseline for future comparisons between Western countries, as well as for the abovementioned future research on the prevalence/incidence of postnatal anxiety and its protective and risk factors, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic period.…”

Evidence summary on the timing and frequency of screening for perinatal depression

“…However, the results of the evidence summary highlight the importance of PND screening and suggest that screening should be performed throughout the perinatal period. Previous studies (27) have shown that the detection rates of PND fluctuates. Underwood et al (28) found that 39% of women with prenatal depression showed PPD.…”

“…The duration is short, and usually requires only social support and health education, and no medication (29,30). Screening for depression at this time would cause a large number of false positives, and as depression symptoms tend to stabilize 6 weeks after delivery, it would be reasonable to screen for PPD 6 weeks after delivery (27). More than 1/3 of the articles included in this systematic review focused on PPD screening at 7-12 months (31).…”

The Collateral Impact of COVID-19 Emergency on Neonatal Intensive Care Units and Family-Centered Care: Challenges and Opportunities

“…More specifically, the authors found that the prevalence rates of anxiety and depression among pregnant women during the pandemic were, respectively 37 and 31%, whereas the prevalence of post-partum depression was 22% (the pooled prevalence rate of post-partum anxiety was not evaluated due to the limited data available). Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the estimated prevalence of anxiety symptoms among pregnant women was between 18 and 25% (Dennis et al, 2017;Cena et al, 2020a), while the pooled prevalence of depression among new mothers was between 18 and 20% (Woody et al, 2017;Cena et al, 2021). Furthermore, the levels of anxiety and depression of parents of children who are not infected but are hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic are more serious than that of parents of children hospitalized during non-pandemic periods (Yuan et al, 2020).…”