ReviewJournal of pain research2021
Childbirth Pain and Post-Partum Depression: Does Labor Epidural Analgesia Decrease This Risk?
Review in Journal of pain research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Obstetric anesthesia and postpartum mental health: implications from delivery to long-term recovery.Anesthesia and pain medicine · 2026Review
- Labor Epidural Anesthesia and Postpartum Depression Risk: Prospective Observation Study and Mendelian Randomization Analysis.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Observational
- Association between epidural analgesia and postpartum psychiatric disorders: A meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Childbirth Pain, Labor Epidural Analgesia, and Postpartum Depression: Recent Evidence and Future Directions.Journal of pain research · 2022Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Post-partum depression (PPD) is a common complication of pregnancy worldwide with a prevalence as high as 15% in some countries. Pain has been identified as a risk factor for major depression; however, the relationship between labor-related pain and PPD is less understood. This article sought out to examine the relationship between pain and PPD, examining whether there is a correlation that reducing pain through epidural analgesia can lower the risk for PPD. A PubMed database search was performed using the keywords "post-partum depression" and "labor epidural". Multiple articles including 2 meta-analyses were evaluated for the association between post-partum depression and epidural analgesia for labor. Although there is evidence supporting labor epidural analgesia reducing PPD, many studies including the meta-analyses did not uphold the hypothesis. More well-designed studies on this topic need to be investigated in order to substantiate the current evidence in the literature.
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