Predictors of spontaneous remission and recovery among women with untreated perinatal depression in India and Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mothers with perinatal depression can show different symptom trajectories and may spontaneously remit from depression, however, the latter is poorly understood. This is the first study which sought to investigate predictors of spontaneous remission and longer-term recovery among untreated women with perinatal depression.

Methods

We analysed data from two randomised controlled trials in women with perinatal depression in India and Pakistan. Analyses were restricted to women in the control groups who did not receive active treatment. Generalised estimating equations and logistic regressions were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), adjusting for within-person correlation.

Results

In multivariable analyses, remission was assoc

SUBMITTER: Fuhr DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10579649 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature