Antenatal depression is associated with small-for-gestational age, but few studies have examined associations with weight during childhood. Similarly, few studies address whether antenatal and postpartum depression differentially affect child weight. Among 838 mother-child dyads in Project Viva, a prospective cohort study, we examined relationships of antenatal and postpartum depression with ch...

background: psychological problems such as depression constitute a dilemma that patients with the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (icd) usually encounter and may impact their quality of life. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of depression among adults with the icd and the relationship between depression and associated factors.    methods: totally, 115 individuals ...

BACKGROUND In high-income countries, the incidence of severe postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) has increased. This has important public health relevance because severe PPH is a leading cause of major maternal morbidity. However, few studies have identified risk factors for severe PPH within a contemporary obstetric cohort. METHODS We performed a case-control study to identify risk factors for sever...

Introduction This paper explores a range of perinatal risk factors that may increase maternal vulnerability to postnatal psychological distress in sample 17 531 women participating the Millennium Cohort Study, diverse British, longitudinal birth cohort study. Material and methods Using graphical network modeling framework, this study models links between factors, while controlling for sociodemo...

Aim Postpartum depression is a mood disorder that commonly affects women during the early postpartum period. The objective of this study was to analyse the association of postpartum depression with drugs (including contraceptive devices and implants) with spontaneously reported adverse events reported in the US Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System database. Design Retro...

INTRODUCTION Postpartum depression (PPD) represents a considerable health problem affecting women and their families. The aims of this study were to: (a) compare female patients with PPD to normal controls with regard to some biopsychosocial variables, (b) correlate between the severity of PPD and some clinical and biological variables, and (c) to predict some risk factors for PPD. METHOD Six...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to design a means to educate the registered nurse or nurse practitioner on epidemiology, signs and symptoms, risk factors, screening tools, management, and complications that can occur with delayed diagnosis of postpartum depression. A decision tree was also developed to help the registered nurse or nurse practitioner understand the best clinical practice g...

Postpartum depression presents a significant problem for public health care, and the frequency of occurrence is 10-15% in women who have given birth. There are still no unified attitudes on the definition and classification of this disturbance as an individual entity. The aim of this study was to research the influence of constellation factors in women who have just given birth on the occurrenc...