ArticleScientific reports2019
Dysmenorrhea increased the risk of postpartum depression in Chinese Han parturients.
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- Association Between Mental Health and Reproductive System Disorders in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- Significant Increase in Depression in Women With Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review and Cumulative Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Moderating effect of dysmenorrhea on the association between number of pregnancies and antenatal depression in the third trimester: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Observational
- Fear of childbirth mediates the relationship between premenstrual syndrome and postpartum depression in Chinese postpartum women: a multicenter cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Observational
- Prevalence, severity and correlates of dysmenorrhea among postpartum women in Western Kenya: A cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Impact of Dysmenorrhea Severity on Mental Wellbeing and Quality of Life Among Saudi Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Association Between Primary Dysmenorrhea and Mental Health Traits: A Study Based on Multi-Phenotype Correlation Network and Mendelian Randomization Analysis in Female College Students.Phenomics (Cham, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Electroacupuncture and Parecoxib Reduce Inflammatory Injury in a Primary Dysmenorrhea Rat Model: Investigating the Role of the COX-2/NF-κB/NLRP3 Pathway.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Metabolomics Based on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells to Dissect the Mechanisms of Chaigui Granules for Treating Depression.ACS omega · 2022Article
- Association of fish intake with menstrual pain: A cross-sectional study of the Japan Environment and Children's Study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Biological, Psychological, and Social Determinants of Depression: A Review of Recent Literature.Brain sciences · 2021Review
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Abstract
Several studies have shown that dysmenorrhea increased the risk of depression. However, the association between dysmenorrhea and postpartum depression (PPD) is unclear. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of dysmenorrhea on the development of PPD among Chinese women. A case-control study was performed on parturients who delivered from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2016, at Bao an Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Shenzhen, China. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was used to screen for maternal postpartum depression. Logistic regression models were used to examine the association between dysmenorrhea and the risk of PPD. A total of 360 women including 120 cases and 240 controls were enrolled. Our study showed that parturients with PPD had a higher percentage of dysmenorrhea than women without PPD (64.2% vs 47.9%, P = 0.004). In univariate analysis, we observed that dysmenorrhea increased the risk for PPD (OR = 1.95; 95% CI: 1.24-3.06; P = 0.004). In the fully adjusted model, dysmenorrhea was still significantly associated with an increased risk of PPD (OR = 2.45; 95% CI: 1.36-4.54; P = 0.003). Our data confirmed that dysmenorrhea may be a risk factor for PPD. Therefore, screening for postpartum depression should be considered in parturients with a history of dysmenorrhea.
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