ArticleArchives of women's mental health2022
The association of unplanned pregnancy with perinatal depression: a longitudinal cohort study.
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- Depression and anxiety among pregnant women during COVID 19 pandemic in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Pooled it
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- Factors related to prenatal depression among hospitalized high-risk pregnant women in South Korea: a cross-sectional study focused on resilience, pregnancy stress, and marital satisfaction.Child health nursing research · 2026Article
- A comparative cross-sectional study of planned and unplanned pregnancies, their outcomes, predictors, and health-seeking behaviours among women in Odisha, India.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2026Article
- Development and Validation of an Antenatal Screening Proforma for Psychosocial Concerns in Indian Women.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Maternal depression symptoms as a context for longitudinal changes in the perinatal brain and infant emotion outcomes.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- The protective effect of pregnancy on risk for suicide attempt in a Swedish national cohort.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Developing recommendations to improve the experience of unplanned pregnancy: results from a multiphase study.Reproductive health · 2026Article
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- The impact of disrespectful care during childbirth on maternal mental health: postpartum depression and suicidal ideation 6-9 months after birth.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Correlation between traditional Chinese medicine constitution and occurrence of depressive symptoms in early pregnancy and early postpartum periods.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Exploring unintended pregnancy journeys among women with psychiatric vulnerability using interpretative phenomenological analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Association between depression during pregnancy and preterm birth: Results from population cohorts and mouse experimental models.PloS one · 2026Article
- Long-term consequences of unintended pregnancy: Impacts on early childhood growth and development in a multicenter study.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
- Prevalence of and factors associated with unintended pregnancy and association with depressive symptoms among pregnant women in Guangdong, China: a multicentre cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Maternal attachment and perception of motherhood in relation to third-trimester antenatal depression: a cross-sectional analysis.Journal of medicine and life · 2025Article
- Polysocial risk factors and trajectories of antenatal moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms: a retrospective cohort study in Shenzhen, China.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Association Between State Abortion Restrictiveness and Perinatal Depression.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Perinatal depression is common, affecting approximately 7-13% of women. Studies have shown an association between unplanned pregnancy and perinatal depressive symptoms, but many used a cross-sectional design and limited postnatal follow-up. The current study investigated the association of unplanned pregnancy with perinatal depressive symptoms using a longitudinal cohort study that followed women from the first trimester until 12 months postpartum. Pregnant women (N = 1928) provided demographic and clinical data and information about pregnancy intention at the first trimester. Depressive symptoms were assessed during each trimester of pregnancy and five times postpartum using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) until 12 months postpartum. Mixed model analyses were used to investigate the association between an unplanned pregnancy and the level of depressive symptoms. Women with an unplanned pregnancy (N = 111, 5.8%) reported persistently higher levels of depressive symptoms during the entire perinatal period compared to women with a planned pregnancy, after adjustment for confounders (p < 0.001). However, the course of depressive symptom scores over time in women with an unplanned pregnancy was similar to that of women with a planned pregnancy. Lower age (p = 0.006), unemployment (p = 0.004), and history of depression (p < 0.001) were significantly associated with higher levels of perinatal depressive symptoms. An unplanned pregnancy may have a long-lasting negative impact on a woman's perinatal mental health. Therefore, women with an unplanned pregnancy may benefit from systematic follow-up during the perinatal period with contingent mental health support.
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