Developing and improvement from depression at 4 years after childbirth: insights from the Fukushima Health Management Survey.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to identify trends and factors in postpartum depression after the Fukushima nuclear accident among women who participated in the Fukushima Health Management Survey (FHMS). We analyzed the prevalence of depressive symptoms and concerns about radiation exposure using FHMS data from FY2011-FY2018. We also analyzed the characteristics of women who did not have depressive symptoms in the postpartum period but had developed them at 4 years after childbirth and women with depressive symptoms in the postpartum period but had improved at 4 years after childbirth. In this survey, depressive symptoms were evident in 23.1% of women in the postpartum period. Factors significantly associated with developing depressive symptoms at 4 years after childbirth were younger maternal age, not b

SUBMITTER: Ishii K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11821823 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature