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ArticleTrends in psychiatry and psychotherapy

Cesarean effects on adolescents' birth experiences: counterfactual analysis.

John P Connolly, Cheryl Anderson

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Article in Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John P ConnollyUniversity of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , TX , United States of America .ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-3319
Cheryl AndersonUniversity of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , TX , United States of America .ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7384-3514
The University of Texas at Arlington · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe birth experience of adolescents is understudied even though they are a particularly vulnerable population to experience a negative birth event, given that they exhibit many known risk factors.

objectiveTo ascertain whether a cesarean birth mediates the impact of infant complications on the birth experience of adolescent mothers.

methodsUsing a secondary analysis of data collected from 303 postpartum adolescents previously evaluated for depression and post-traumatic stress, we employed counterfactual causal analysis to determine if delivery type mediated the birth experience at different levels of depression. Noted limitations pertain to methodological assumptions and computational feasibility as well as potential sample bias.

resultsWe found that the mediating effect of delivery mode depended on the adolescent's depression level as well as on the specific operationalization of the birth experience. At low levels of depression, the odds of a negative birth appraisal were reduced by around 30% when operationalized as a single item subjective rating. In contrast, at high levels of depression, the odds of a negative birth experience increased by 80% when operationalized as an Impact of Event Scale (IES) subconstruct.

conclusionDepression level plays a pivotal role in moderating how delivery mode mediates the birth experience. The direction of impact also depends on how the birth experience is operationalized.

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AdolescentAdultCausalityCesarean SectionDepression, PostpartumDepressive DisorderFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesPregnancyPregnancy in AdolescencePsychological TraumaYoung Adult

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PMID32844980
PMCPMC7879090
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