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Título: | Women’s perinatal depression: anhedonia-related symptoms have increased in the COVID-19 pandemic |
Autor(es): | Costa, Raquel Pinto, Tiago Miguel Conde, Ana Mesquita, Ana Motrico, Emma Figueiredo, Bárbara |
Palavras-chave: | Pregnancy Female Humans Depression Anhedonia Pandemics Postpartum Period Depression, Postpartum COVID-19 Symptoms of depression Prevalence Severity Postpartum COVID-19 pandemic |
Data: | 2023 |
Editora: | Elsevier 1 |
Revista: | General Hospital Psychiatry |
Citação: | Raquel Costa, Tiago Miguel Pinto, Ana Conde, Ana Mesquita, Emma Motrico, Bárbara Figueiredo, Women's perinatal depression: Anhedonia-related symptoms have increased in the COVID-19 pandemic, General Hospital Psychiatry, Volume 84, 2023, Pages 102-111, ISSN 0163-8343, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.06.007. |
Resumo(s): | Background: The prevalence of perinatal depression increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may be due to changes in the profile of specific depressive symptoms. Aims: To analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the (1) prevalence and severity of specific depressive symptoms; and on the (2) prevalence of clinically significant symptoms of depression during pregnancy and postpartum. Methods: Pregnant and postpartum women recruited before (n = 2395) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 1396) completed a sociodemographic and obstetric questionnaire and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). For each item, scores ≥1 and ≥ 2 were used to calculate the prevalence and severity of depressive symptoms, respectively. Results: The prevalence and severity of symptoms of depression were significantly higher during the COVID-19 pandemic. The prevalence of specific symptoms increased by >30%, namely “being able to laugh and see the funny side of things” (pregnancy 32.6%, postpartum 40.6%), “looking forward with enjoyment to things” (pregnancy 37.2%, postpartum 47.2%); and “feelings of sadness/miserable” or “unhappiness leading to crying” during postpartum (34.2% and 30.2%, respectively). A substantial increase was observed in the severity of specific symptoms related to feelings that “things have been getting on top of me” during pregnancy and the postpartum period (19.4% and 31.6%, respectively); “feeling sad or miserable” during pregnancy (10.8%); and “feeling scared/panicky” during postpartum (21.4%). Conclusion: Special attention should be paid to anhedonia-related symptoms of perinatal depression to ensure that they are adequately managed in present and future situations of crisis. |
Tipo: | Artigo |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/91200 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.06.007 |
ISSN: | 0163-8343 |
e-ISSN: | 1873-7714 |
Versão da editora: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163834323001044?via%3Dihub |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso aberto |
Aparece nas coleções: | CIPsi - Artigos (Papers) |
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