Landscaping the evidence of intimate partner violence and postpartum depression: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the evidence of the association between exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and postpartum depression. IPV during pregnancy can have immediate and long-term physical and mental health consequences for the family. Therefore, it has been hypothesised that IPV may affect the risk of developing postpartum depression.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. PubMed, Embase, Global Health Library, Scopus and Google scholar were searched for published studies without restrictions on language, time or study design (up to May 2020). Studies were included if they assessed postpartum depression using the Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (cut-off≥10), among wom

SUBMITTER: Ankerstjerne LBS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9119188 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature