Trends in Postpartum Depression by Race, Ethnicity, and Prepregnancy Body Mass Index.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Postpartum depression (PPD) poses significant risks to maternal and child health. Understanding temporal trends is crucial for evaluating prevalence and identifying populations at risk.

Objective

To evaluate recent trends in PPD and assess how these trends are associated with race, ethnicity, and prepregnancy body mass index (BMI).

Design, setting, and participants

A serial, cross-sectional analysis using data from the Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) electronic health records (EHRs), with live and stillbirths at 20 or more weeks of gestation who were KPSC members at the time of delivery between 2010 and 2021. Data were analyzed from July 2022 to August 2023.

Exposures

Self-reported race, ethnicity, and recorded prepregnancy BMI.

Main

SUBMITTER: Khadka N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11579791 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature