ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2020
Association of Pain Catastrophizing with Postnatal Depressive States in Nulliparous Parturients: A Prospective Study.
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- The association of pain and psychological vulnerabilities with postpartum pain catastrophizing: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025Trial
- Investigating the association factors of acute postpartum pain: a cohort study.BMC anesthesiology · 2023Trial
- Perceived stress during labor and its association with depressive symptomatology, anxiety, and pain catastrophizing.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Antenatal Psychosocial Resources and Obstetric Context Associated with Clinically Diagnosed Postpartum Depression: A Prospective Cohort Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Pain catastrophizing and its associated factors among puerperal women with vaginal birth : a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Effect of Preoperative Pain Catastrophizing on Postpartum Depression and Chronic Postsurgical Pain After Cesarean Section: A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- The correlation between quality of recovery and parturient outcomes after Cesarean delivery: a cohort study.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2024Article
- Sub-acute pain after childbirth during COVID-19 pandemic: A secondary analysis of A prospective clinical trial.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Factors associated with women's preferences for labor epidural analgesia in Singapore: a survey approach.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Association of Childbirth Pain with Postnatal Depressive and Anxiety Disorders in Nulliparous Parturients: A Prospective Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2021Article
- Association of Pain Catastrophizing and Depressive States with Multidimensional Early Labor Pain Assessment in Nulliparous Women Having Epidural Analgesia - A Secondary Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposePostnatal depression (PND) is associated with maternal morbidity and socioeconomic burden. Recent studies have shown an association between pain catastrophizing, increased labor pain, and subsequent adverse postnatal adjustment; however, little is known on its role in PND development. We aimed to investigate the association between pain catastrophizing and probable PND.
methodsParturients planning to undergo epidural labor analgesia were recruited. Predelivery questionnaires, including the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), were administered during early labor. A phone survey at 5- 9 weeks postdelivery was conducted to determine postdelivery EPDS and Spielberger's State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory scores. The primary outcome was a binary variable of postdelivery EPDS with cutoff of ≥10, whereas the secondary outcome was a continuous variable on increases in EPDS score.
resultsProbable PND (EPDS ≥10) occurred in 10.5% (95% CI 8.0%-13.5%, 55 of 525) of women who underwent epidural labor analgesia. We found that high pain catastrophizing (PCS ≥25) was associated with increased postdelivery EPDS scores (adjusted
conclusionNo significant association was found between high pain catastrophizing and probable PND; however, high predelivery pain catastrophizing, presence of breakthrough pain during epidural analgesia, and lower BMI at term were associated with increased postdelivery EPDS scores. Further research will be needed to validate this association in the context of the risk of PND development.
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