Identification of postpartum symptom subgroups and associated long-term maternal depressive symptoms and well-being.

ABSTRACT: Many postpartum women experience postpartum symptoms which often occur in clusters (i.e., three or more co-occurring symptoms that are related to each other). To date, research has focused on individual symptoms, which limits our understanding of how postpartum symptom clusters manifest and influence health. This secondary analysis used the Community and Child Health Network study data (N = 1784). No patient or public directly participated or contributed to the current analysis. Guided by the Symptom Management Theory, latent class analysis was performed to identify subgroups of postpartum women with different symptom experiences using observed variables at 6 months postpartum: anxiety (MINI-anxiety), general stress (PSS-10), posttraumatic stress (PCL-C), postpartum depression (EPDS), slee

SUBMITTER: Scroggins JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10518732 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature