Heterogeneity of postpartum depression: a latent class analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal depression in the postpartum period confers substantial morbidity and mortality, but the definition of postpartum depression remains controversial. We investigated the heterogeneity of symptoms with the aim of identifying clinical subtypes of postpartum depression.

Methods

Data were aggregated from the international perinatal psychiatry consortium Postpartum Depression: Action Towards Causes and Treatment, which represents 19 institutions in seven countries. 17,912 unique subject records with phenotypic data were submitted. We applied latent class analyses in a two-tiered approach to assess the validity of empirically defined subtypes of postpartum depression. Tier one assessed heterogeneity in women with complete data on the Edinburgh postnatal depressio

SUBMITTER: Postpartum Depression: Action Towards Causes and Treatment (PACT) Consortium 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4800818 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature