SynthesisJournal of affective disorders2023
Association between depressive symptoms in the postpartum period and COVID-19: A meta-analysis.
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- Postpartum depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: an umbrella review and meta-analyses.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Study characteristical and regional influences on postpartum depression before vs. during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- 'One size does not fit all': a qualitative study of women's experiences of a self-guided digital intervention, Mamma Mia.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Trajectories of mothers' perinatal depressive symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns: The protective role of romantic relationship quality.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2025Article
- COVID-19 and anxiety in pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal survey.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward postpartum depression among the pregnant and lying-in women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on postnatal depression: analysis of three population-based national maternity surveys in England (2014-2020).The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2023Article
- Correlation of lifestyle behaviors during pregnancy with postpartum depression status of puerpera in the rural areas of South China.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundWith the pandemic of COVID, the public are faced with tremendous threatens both physically and mentally. Postpartum depression (PPD) is one of the most serious complications of childbearing, bringing severe impact on a woman's mental state and mood after birth. Research has shown that maternal mental state is closely correlated with PPD, those undergo the emergency or significant life changes during the postpartum period are more likely to suffer from PPD. In this study, we conducted the meta-analysis to estimate the association between PPD and COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsPubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO, ScienceDirect, CNKI, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and WANFANG Database were searched for potentially relevant articles published before April 2022. Review Manager 5.2 was used to perform a meta-analysis and subgroup analysis to compute the pooled odds ratio.
resultsA total of 26 studies were included in this review. The overall pooled prevalence of PPD in the review was 24 % (95 % CI: 0.19-0.29), with China's at 22 % (95 % CI 0.16-0.28) and other countries at 25 % (95 % CI 0.18-0.32) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, compared to those who did not experience COVID-19, those who experienced it had an increased risk of PPD[OR:1.83(95 % CI 1.70-1.97)].
conclusionsAccording to this analysis, there was a significantly higher prevalence and odds of PPD in those who suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, we also found that China had a lower prevalence of postpartum depression than other countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study may provide the instruction for the care of new mother under the situation of COVID-19 prevalence.
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