Sexual orientation-related disparities in perinatal mental health among a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Sexually minoritized women (SMW) may be at an increased risk of adverse perinatal mental health, though prior research is limited. We examined sexual orientation-related differences in perinatal mental health (i.e., stress and depression), and antidepressant utilization among those at different severities of clinically significant perinatal depressive symptoms. Nurses' Health Study 3 participants with prospectively assessed pregnancies (N = 6,364) received pregnancy and postpartum questionnaires. Using weighted log-binomial generalized estimating equations, we examined differences in stress (Perceived Stress Scale 4 [PSS-4]), depression (the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale [EDPS] at four cut-off scores [≥7, ≥9, ≥11, ≥13]), and patterns of antidepressant utilization across five groups:

SUBMITTER: Soled KRS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11563310 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature