Psychological health status in postpartum women during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Affect Disord
; 319: 99-111, 2022 Dec 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2007795
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
This systematic review and meta-analysis pooled the prevalence of psychological symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic and examined the effects of the pandemic on psychological health in postpartum women.METHODS:
A systematic literature search and identification were performed in PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and PsycINFO databases until June 16th, 2021. The fixed or random effect models to estimate the pooled prevalence of postpartum psychological symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic and the odds ratio (OR) of COVID-19 for psychological symptoms.RESULTS:
A total of 29 articles including 20,225 postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic and 8312 before the COVID-19 pandemic were identified. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of postpartum depressive, anxiety, stress, and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms were 26.7 % (95 % CI 22.0-31.9 %), 33.8 % (95 % CI 21.1-49.4 %), 55.0 % (95%CI 27.9-79.5 %), and 33.7 % (95%CI 19.6-51.5 %), respectively. The ORs of COVID-19 pandemic for postpartum depressive and anxiety symptoms were 1.54 (95 % CI 1.00-2.36) and 2.56 (95%CI 1.62-4.04). Subgroup analyses revealed that women with >6 weeks after delivery, younger than 35 years old, low income, less education and without breastfeeding experienced a higher risk of depressive or anxiety symptoms after delivery.LIMITATIONS:
Only a few of prospective studies were included, and significant but inevitable heterogeneities were found in some analyses.CONCLUSION:
A significantly higher proportion of postpartum women were suffered from psychological symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in those with >6 weeks after delivery, younger than 35 years old, low income, less education and formula feeding.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Affect Disord
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.jad.2022.08.107
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