Presence of depressive symptoms during early pregnancy and the risk of preterm delivery: a prospective cohort study  

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Li, D ; Liu, L. ; Odouli, R

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Human Reproduction vol. 24 no. 01 (Jan. 2009), page 146.
Topik: preterm delivery; premature birth; depression; Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; epidemiology

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: H07.K.2009.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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BACKGROUND: The impact of prenatal depression on pregnancy outcomes is largely unknown. METHODS: We conducted a population-based prospective cohort study among pregnant women of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program to examine the impact of prenatal depression on the risk of preterm delivery. We interviewed pregnant women in their early pregnancy. Women's depressive symptoms were ascertained using the standard Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD). The presence of significant prenatal depressive symptoms and severe depressive symptoms was determined by CESD scores 16 and 22, respectively. RESULTS: Among the 791 participants who answered CESD questions and delivered a live birth, after controlling for potential confounders using the Cox proportional hazard regression, women with CESD scores 16 had almost twice the risk of preterm delivery compared with women without depressive symptoms: adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) = 1.9, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.0–3.7. The risk of preterm delivery increased with increasing severity of depression: aHR = 1.6 (CI 0.7–3.6) for CESD 16–21 and aHR = 2.2 (CI 1.1–4.7) for CESD 22. The risk of preterm delivery associated with prenatal depression appears to be exacerbated by low educational level, a history of fertility problems and the presence of obesity and stressful events. The observed associations were not confounded by the use of antidepressants, although some of the associations did not reach statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings show that pregnant women with depressive symptoms are at increased risk of preterm delivery and, in addition, provide preliminary evidence that social and reproductive risk factors as well as obesity and stressful events may exacerbate the effect.

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