ArticleBMC psychiatry2018
Anaemia and depression before and after birth: a cohort study based on linked population data.
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- Intravenous iron versus blood transfusion for postpartum anemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Maternal hemoglobin concentrations across pregnancy and maternal and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2019Pooled it
- Associations between anemia and postpartum depression among Arab Bedouin women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Effect of anemia developed after ruxolitinib initiation on adverse outcomes in patients with myelofibrosis: a nationwide cohort study.Blood cancer journal · 2026Article
- Association Between Post-Partum Anaemia and Depressive Symptoms at Two Months After Vaginal Delivery: A Secondary Analysis of the TRAAP Trial.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2025Article
- Iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy and related complications with specific insight in Rivers State, Nigeria: a narrative review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
- Is an improvement in anaemia and iron levels associated with the risk of early postpartum depression? A cohort study from Lagos, Nigeria.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Impact of anemia on the six-month trend of anxiety and depression in women with threatened abortion: A case-control retrospective cohort study.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2025Article
- Is there a correlation between prepartum anaemia and an increased likelihood of developing postpartum depression? A prospective observational study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Observational
- Maternal Anemia during the First Trimester and Its Association with Psychological Health.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Anemia management in non-menopausal women in a primary care setting: a prospective evaluation of clinical practice.BMC family practice · 2020Observational
- Association of Anaemia and Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
- The Association between Post-Partum Depression and Nutrition and Dietary Patterns: Systematic Review.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchReview
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Abstract
backgroundTo investigate the rates of hospitalisation for anaemia and depression in women in the six-year period (3 years before and after birth). To compare hospital admissions for depression in women with and without anaemia.
methodsThis is a population-based cohort study. Women's birth records (New South Wales (NSW) Perinatal Data Collection) were linked with NSW Admitted Patients Data Collection records between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2010, so that hospital admissions for mothers could be traced back for 3 years before birth and followed up 3 years after birth.
settingNSW Australia. SUBJECTS: all women who gave birth to their first child in NSW between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2008.
resultsHospital admissions for both anaemia and depression were increased significantly in the year just before and after birth compared with the years before and after. Women with anaemia were more likely to be admitted to hospital for depression than those without (for principal diagnosis of depression, adjusted OR = 1.62, 95% CI = 1.25-2.11; for all diagnosis of depression, adjusted OR = 2.01, 95% CI = 1.70-2.38).
conclusionsDepression was associated with anaemia in women before and after birth. This finding highlight the important role of primary care providers in assessing for both anaemia and depressive symptomatology together, given the relationship between the two. Treating or preventing anaemia may help to prevent postnatal depression.
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