Relationship between self-reported symptoms of depression and anxiety and the cumulative effect of childhood trauma in pregnant women / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To probe into the relationship of the cumulative effect of childhood trauma types and symptoms of depression and anxiety among pregnancy women. Methods A total of 276 cases of pregnancy women were investigated by using Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ- SF), the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Results The cumulative number of childhood trauma types were positively correlated with the scores of EPDS, state anxiety and trait anxiety (r=0.245, 0.262 and 0.292, P<0.01);the scores of CTQ-SF, EPDS, state anxiety and trait anxiety of multi-CTQ group were higher than that of non-CTQ group, as well as the positive rate of depression symptom and anxiety symptom (P<0.05 or 0.01);Logistic regression analysis showed that the cumulative number and accumulation group of CTQ may be predictors or risk factors of depression and anxiety of women during pregnancy, and existed cumulative effect. When the cumulative number of childhood trauma types more than two types, it increased 2.37 and 3.12 times likelihood of depression and state anxiety comparing to non-CTQ group. Conclusions It suggested that childhood trauma experience may be a risk factors of depression and anxiety during pregnancy, and exist cumulative effect.