SynthesisBMJ open2022
Landscaping the evidence of intimate partner violence and postpartum depression: a systematic review.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Anxiety symptoms following conception through assisted reproductive technology: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Neuroendocrine and psychosocial triggers of severe psychiatric onset in women: a systematic review with domain-specific quantitative and narrative synthesis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Intimate partner violence and mental disorders among women: an umbrella review.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Father-Focused Interventions to Prevent or Reduce Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy and Early Parenthood: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2025Pooled it
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- More expansive state supplemental nutrition assistance program eligibility, intimate partner violence, and mental health during the preconception, prenatal, and postpartum periods.SSM - population health · 2026Article
- Adverse childhood experiences, intimate partner violence, and postpartum depressive symptoms in a pregnancy cohort in Central Vietnam.SSM. Mental health · 2026Article
- Intimate partner violence and the risk of incident perinatal depression: A prospective study during pregnancy and the postpartum period.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2026Article
- Perinatal depression among women in pregnancy and postpartum periods in Gaborone, Botswana.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- A Conditional Indirect Effects Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence, Depression, Social Support, and Race With Alcohol Consumption among Postpartum Mothers.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2025Article
- Impact of intimate partner violence during pregnancy on maternal mental health and child development: a birth cohort study in central Vietnam.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2025Article
- Association between intimate partner violence and birth outcomes among pregnant women in the STOP-VIO-PREG cohort: A cohort study utilizing Patient-Reported Outcome and Danish registers data.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Effects of Emotional Violence Experienced by Fathers From Their Partners in the Postpartum Period on Depression Level and Father-Infant Attachment.Developmental psychobiology · 2025Article
- Perinatal mental health in India in the states of Haryana and Telangana: A district-level situational analysis.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of intimate partner violence against pregnant women who attend antenatal care in Denmark and Spain: A digital screening approach.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Engaging husbands in a digital mental health intervention to provide tailored counseling for women experiencing postpartum depression: A mixed methods study in Nepal.SSM. Mental health · 2024Article
- Father involvement is a protective factor for maternal mental health in Western Kenya.SSM. Mental health · 2024Article
- Gynecological health and uptake of gynecological care after domestic or sexual violence: a qualitative study in an emergency shelter.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Perinatal intimate partner violence among teen mothers and children's attachment disorders in Rwanda: potential mediating factors.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- Intergenerational consequences of violence: violence during pregnancy as a risk factor for infection in infancy.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the evidence of the association between exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and postpartum depression. IPV during pregnancy can have immediate and long-term physical and mental health consequences for the family. Therefore, it has been hypothesised that IPV may affect the risk of developing postpartum depression.
methodsA systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. PubMed, Embase, Global Health Library, Scopus and Google scholar were searched for published studies without restrictions on language, time or study design (up to May 2020). Studies were included if they assessed postpartum depression using the Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (cut-off≥10), among women who had been exposed to IPV (emotional, physical and/or sexual abuse). The quality of studies was judged according to the Newcastle-Ottawa scale.
resultsA total of 33 studies were included in the review (participants n=131 131). The majority of studies found an association between exposure to IPV and the development of signs of postpartum depression. Overall, studies measured both exposure and outcome in various ways and controlled for a vast number of different confounders. Thirty percent of the studies were set in low-income and lower-middle-income countries while the rest were set in upper-middle-income and high-income countries and the association did not differ across settings. Among the studies reporting adjusted OR (aOR) (n=26), the significant aOR ranged between 1.18 and 6.87 (95% CI 1.12 to 11.78). The majority of the studies were judged as 'good quality' (n=20/33).
conclusionWe found evidence of an association between exposure to IPV and the development of signs of postpartum depression. Meta-analysis or individual patient data meta-analysis is required to quantify the magnitude of the association between IPV and postpartum depression. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42020209435.
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