Mild differences in the role of somatic symptoms in depression networks in pregnancy and postpartum: A comparison with women outside peripartum.

Autor: Pátková Daňsová P; The Psychology Research Institute, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Electronic address: dansova@fss.muni.cz., Chvojka E; Department of Methodology and Statistics, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Netherlands. Electronic address: e.chvojka@uu.nl., Cígler H; The Psychology Research Institute, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Electronic address: hynek.cigler@mail.muni.cz., Lacinová L; The Psychology Research Institute, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Electronic address: lacinova@fss.muni.cz.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of psychiatric research [J Psychiatr Res] 2024 Jun; Vol. 174, pp. 165-171. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 09.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.04.014
Abstrakt: Depression is one of the most prevalent mental ailments in pregnancy. Many authors have discussed the appropriateness of somatic symptoms for depression assessment in pregnancy and postpartum. However, no study has examined the role of somatic symptoms in networks of pregnant and postpartum women compared to women outside peripartum. Here, we show that somatic symptoms are essential to depression assessment during pregnancy and postpartum. We compared networks of the nine PHQ-9 items across pregnant women (n = 894, M age  = 29.29), women in postpartum (n = 586, M age  = 29.83) and women outside peripartum (n = 1029, M age  = 24.87). While three of the five somatic symptoms in PHQ-9 were more present in pregnant women than in those outside the peripartum, the three networks were highly similar regarding the position of the somatic symptoms and their relation to the emotional-cognitive symptoms. Most depression symptoms in pregnant women were predicted by other depression symptoms to a lesser extent than in postpartum and outside peripartum. Other external variables are therefore needed to explain these sensations in pregnancy. In addition to the incidence of somatic symptoms, practitioners should ask pregnant women about their attributions of these.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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