@article{556def558b4f481086d218dc78a2451b,
title = "Childbirth and symptoms of postpartum depression and anxiety: a prospective birth cohort study",
abstract = "We investigated associations between aspects of childbirth and elevated postpartum symptoms of depression and anxiety. We employed secondary analysis of perinatal data (N = 4657–4946) from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) birth cohort. Multivariable logistic regression models (adjusted for covariates) examined predictors of elevated symptoms of postpartum depression and anxiety. Predictors included the following: type of delivery (normal physiological vs. interventive non-physiological), immediate postpartum complications, and maternal perception of the recent birth experience. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale assessed elevated symptoms of depression (score ≥ 13), and the Crown-Crisp Experiential Index assessed elevated symptoms of anxiety (score ≥ 9) at 2 and 8 months after delivery. A more negative perception of the recent birth experience was associated with elevated symptoms of anxiety at 2 months [odds ratio (OR) 1.52, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.25–1.85] and 8 months (OR 1.30, 95 % CI 1.06–1.60) postpartum but was not associated with elevated symptoms of depression at either time point. Type of delivery (physiological vs. non-physiological) and immediate postpartum complications were not associated with elevated symptoms of depression or anxiety. Our findings suggest that improving women{\textquoteright}s childbirth experience may decrease the likelihood of postpartum anxiety, but not postpartum depression.",
keywords = "ALSPAC, Anxiety, Birth, Depression, Postpartum",
author = "Bell, {A. F.} and Carter, {C. S.} and Davis, {J. M.} and J. Golding and O. Adejumo and M. Pyra and Connelly, {J. J.} and Rubin, {L. H.}",
note = "Funding Information: The project described was supported by The Fetzer Institute, through Grant #3091.00, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH) through Grant #KL2TR000048. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The UK Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust (Grant ref: 092731) and the University of Bristol provide core support for ALSPAC. Funding Information: We are extremely grateful to all the families who took part in this study, the midwives for their help in recruiting them, and the whole ALSPAC team, which includes interviewers, computer and laboratory technicians, clerical workers, research scientists, volunteers, managers, receptionists, and nurses (with special thanks to Karen Birmingham and Maxine McRae). The authors declare that they have no competing interests. AFB, JMD, JG, JJC, and CSC contributed to study conception and design. AFB supervised the project. AFB, LHR, and OA drafted the manuscript. LHR, OA, and MP managed the dataset and performed statistical analyses. All the authors contributed to interpretation of results and manuscript editing. The ALSPAC Law and Ethics Committee and local research ethics committees granted ethical approval for the study. All women gave their consent prior to inclusion in the ALSPAC study. The project described was supported by The Fetzer Institute, through Grant #3091.00, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH) through Grant #KL2TR000048. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The UK Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust (Grant ref: 092731) and the University of Bristol provide core support for ALSPAC. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, Springer-Verlag Wien.",
year = "2016",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s00737-015-0555-7",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "19",
pages = "219--227",
journal = "Archives of Women's Mental Health",
issn = "1434-1816",
publisher = "Springer Wien",
number = "2",
}