Association of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience With Depression and Anxiety During Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT: This was a retrospective cohort study of pregnant individuals in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California system who were screened for adverse childhood experiences and resilience as part of standard prenatal care at about 16 weeks of gestation. Overall, 14,625 pregnancies were included; 17.0% had newly identified depression; 9.8% had newly identified depression symptoms; and 8.9% had newly identified anxiety during the pregnancy with no known preexisting diagnosis. We found that adverse childhood experiences and low resilience were independently associated with newly identified depressive disorders, depression symptoms, and anxiety disorders during pregnancy. When adverse childhood experiences and resilience were modeled in combination, the greatest odds of each outcome occurred in indiv

SUBMITTER: Watson CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11031296 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature