Association of Pain Catastrophizing with Postnatal Depressive States in Nulliparous Parturients: A Prospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Postnatal depression (PND) is associated with maternal morbidity and socioeconomic burden. Recent studies have shown an association between pain catastrophizing, increased labor pain, and subsequent adverse postnatal adjustment; however, little is known on its role in PND development. We aimed to investigate the association between pain catastrophizing and probable PND.

Methods

Parturients planning to undergo epidural labor analgesia were recruited. Predelivery questionnaires, including the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), were administered during early labor. A phone survey at 5- 9 weeks postdelivery was conducted to determine postdelivery EPDS and Spielberger's State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory scores. The primary outcom

SUBMITTER: Zeng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7492715 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature