Dose-response associations of maternal prenatal noise exposure duration with antepartum depression status.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antepartum depression has been reported to be associated with the intensity of maternal prenatal noise exposure; however, the association between noise exposure duration and the development of antepartum depression has not been established. This study aimed to determine the total and trimester-specific association of prenatal noise exposure duration with the development of antepartum depression.

Methods

From May 2018 to June 2021, we recruited 2,166 pregnant women from Shengjing Hospital, northeast China. We used a standardized questionnaire to assess women's prenatal noise exposure and used the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale to assess pregnant women's antepartum depression during the 1st -, 2nd -, and 3rd - trimesters. We calculated a cumulative noise expos

SUBMITTER: Hu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10759523 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature