Postpartum depression: bipolar or unipolar? Analysis of 434 Polish postpartum women
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
; 39(2): 154-159, Apr.-June 2017. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
To assess the prevalence of soft bipolar features in a sample of women with postpartum depressive symptoms, as well as to compare the sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of subjects with bipolar or unipolar postpartum depressive symptomatology.Methods:
Four hundred and thirty-four participants were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. Postpartum depression (PPD) symptoms were assessed using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), while the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) was used to screen for bipolarity features.Results:
Of the 434 participants, 66 (15.2%) scored ≥ 13 points on the EPDS, thus fulfilling the screening criteria, and 103 scored ≥ 7 points on the MDQ. In comparison with non-depressed subjects, the women who scored positively on the EPDS were significantly more likely to exhibit symptoms of bipolar spectrum disorders (38 vs. 21%; chi-square test, p = 0.015). Women with bipolar PPD symptomatology were significantly younger than those exhibiting unipolar PPD symptoms (31.0±4.8 years vs. 28.5±4.1 years; t-test, p = 0.03). The groups did not differ in terms of obstetric characteristics.Conclusion:
Our findings suggest that patients with PPD symptomatology may be more likely to exhibit soft bipolarity features as compared with non-depressed women.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Depressão Pós-Parto
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
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PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article