Association between antepartum admission and postpartum depressive symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postpartum depression affects 14% of pregnant individuals and is a leading cause of preventable maternal mortality. Complications of pregnancy, such as preterm labor or pre-eclampsia, may require hospitalization for close monitoring and management. The impact of an antenatal hospitalization during pregnancy on postnatal depression remains understudied.

Objective

To evaluate whether hospital admission during pregnancy was associated with postpartum depressive symptoms in individuals who were enrolled in a collaborative care model and to evaluate whether enrollment in the collaborative care model during pregnancy mitigated this association.

Study design

This secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study included perinatal people enrolled in a collaborative

SUBMITTER: Soehl JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11891973 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature