| Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2012-157.17 |
| Location: | BF-GMS
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Title:
| Women's perinatal depression: Anhedonia-related symptoms have increased in the COVID-19 pandemic
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| Publication year: | 2023
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URL:
| https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163834323001044?via%3Dihub
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| Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
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.
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| Accessibility: | Document exists in file
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Costa, R.
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Secondary author(s):
| Pinto, T. M., Conde, A., Mesquita, A., Motrico, E., Figueiredo, B.
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Document type:
| Article
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Number of reproductions:
| 1
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Reference:
| Costa, R., Pinto, T. M., Conde, A., Mesquita, A., Motrico, E., & Figueiredo, B. (2023). Women's perinatal depression: Anhedonia-related symptoms have increased in the COVID-19 pandemic. General Hospital Psychiatry, 84, 102–111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.06.007
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| 2-year Impact Factor: | 4.1|2023
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| Times cited: | 3|2025-02-18
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| Indexed document: | Yes
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| Quartile: | Q1
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| Keywords: | COVID-19 pandemic / Symptoms of depression / Prevalence / Severity / Pregnancy / Postpartum
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Women's perinatal depression: Anhedonia-related symptoms have increased in the COVID-19 pandemic |