Relationship Between Depression and/or Anxiety and Hospital Readmission Among Women After Childbirth.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between depression and/or anxiety and any psychiatric diagnosis and readmission after childbirth.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of administrative data from patient discharge records.

Setting

Urban academic medical center in the northeastern United States.

Participants

Women admitted for childbirth (N = 17,905).

Methods

Differences among participants with and without depression and/or anxiety present on admission were compared using t tests and chi-square tests. Risk-adjusted logistic regression models were used to examine the effects of depression and/or anxiety and any psychiatric diagnosis on 7-, 30-, 60-, 90-, and 180-day readmissions after childbirth.

Results

Significant differences were noted between pa

SUBMITTER: Kumar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756448 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature