Working Memory During Late Pregnancy: Associations With Antepartum and Postpartum Depression Symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies, with conflicting results, report on the association between memory performance and depressive symptoms during the perinatal period. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether memory performance during late pregnancy is associated with antepartum (APD) and postpartum depression (PPD) symptoms.

Method

We conducted a prospective follow-up of 283 pregnant women, nested within a large cohort of women enrolled in the BASIC study in Uppsala University hospital between 2009 and 2019. The Wechsler Digit Span Task (forward-DSF, backward-DSB and total score-DST) was performed to evaluate short-term memory/attention (DSF) and working memory (DSB) around the 38th gestational week; the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), evaluating depressive symptoms, wa

SUBMITTER: Liakea I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8904422 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature