Obstetric pain correlates with postpartum depression symptoms: a pilot prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data linking labor pain and postpartum depression are emerging. Robust, prospective evaluations of this relationship while factoring other important variables are lacking. We assessed perinatal pain and other factors predicting postpartum depression (PPD) symptoms.

Methods

Third trimester women, stratified by a priori plan to receive or avoid labor epidural analgesia, were longitudinally followed from the prenatal period through labor and delivery, until 6 weeks and 3 months postpartum. Electronic pain data was collected hourly during labor in real time, capturing pain unpleasantness, intensity, pain management satisfaction, and expectations. Prenatal and postpartum data included anxiety, depression, the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), pain catastrophizing, resiliency

SUBMITTER: Lim G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7178606 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature