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The prevalence and risk factors of depression in prenatal and postnatal women in China with the outbreak of Corona Virus Disease 2019

JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS (2021)

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JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

Volume 282, Issue -, Pages 1203-1209

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.01.019

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Maternal health; Depression; Anxiety; Insomnia; Corona Virus Disease 2019

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Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen [SZSM202011014]
Shenzhen Fund for Guangdong Provincial High-level Clinical Key Specialties [SZGSP013]

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The prevalence rate of depression among Chinese prenatal and postnatal women during the COVID-19 outbreak was 35.4%. Risk factors for depression included drinking, nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, pregnancy's influence on mobility, anxiety, insomnia, and inadequate daily monitoring of fetal movement.

Background: The prevalence of depression increase with the outbreaks of epidemic disease. The prevalence of depression during the outbreak of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in prenatal and postnatal women was examined in China. Methods: 2201 prenatal and postnatal women in mainland China were recruited in this cross-sectional study from February 28th to April 26th, 2020. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) was used to assess depression in prenatal and postnatal women. Results: The prevalence rate of depression was 35.4%. The risk factors for depression included drinking (p = 0.04; adjusted OR = 2.81, 95%CI: 1.26 similar to 6.24), nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (p < 0.001; adjusted OR = 3.54, 95%CI: 1.10 similar to 11.44), pregnancy's influence on mobility (p = 0.02; adjusted OR = 1.42, 95%CI: 1.11 similar to 1.83), anxiety (p < 0.001; adjusted OR = 1.66, 95%CI: 1.57 similar to 1.75), insomnia (p < 0.001; adjusted OR = 1.17, 95%CI: 1.14 similar to 1.21) and daily attention to fetal movement (p < 0.001; adjusted OR = 0.41, 95%CI: 0.31 similar to 0.56). Limitations: This study used a cross-sectional design, and cannot compare changes in the incidence of depression before and after the COVID-19 outbreak. Conclusions: During the COVID-19 outbreak, the prevalence rate of depression among Chinese prenatal and postnatal women was 35.4%. Moreover, anxiety, insomnia, drinking, nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, as well as the impaired movement and less daily monitoring of fetal movement were risk factors for depression.

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