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ArticleBMC women's health2023

Pandemic-induced increase in adjustment disorders among postpartum women in Germany.

K Tsoneva, N Chechko, E Losse, S Nehls, U Habel, A Shymanskaya

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Article in BMC women's health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

K TsonevaDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
N ChechkoDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany. nchechko@ukaachen.de.
E LosseDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
S NehlsDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
U HabelDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
A ShymanskayaDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany. aliaksandra.shymanskaya@rwth-aachen.de.
RWTH Aachen University · DEJülich Aachen Research Alliance · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe current paper analyzed the effect of the pandemic-induced lockdown on maternal mental health during the first 12 postpartum weeks in Germany.

methodsIn this cohort study, we compared the participants' anamnestic backgrounds and the results of psychological tests, measuring stress levels, depressive symptoms and attachment. The 327 participants were divided into two groups with one representing the "pre-COVID" sample and the other the "lockdown" sample. We performed multiple comparisons, investigating the distribution of diagnoses and the correlating risk profiles between the two cohorts.

resultsOur analysis showed a significant difference between the two cohorts, with a 13.2% increase in the prevalence of adjustment disorders (AD), but not postpartum depression (PPD), in the first 12 weeks postpartum. However, during the pandemic, women with AD had fewer risk factors compared to their pre-pandemic counterparts. In the "lockdown" cohort, a tendency toward higher stress and lower mother-child attachment was observed in AD.

conclusionsIn sum, we observed some negative impact of the pandemic on maternal mental health. The lockdown might have contributed to an increase in the number of cases involving AD in the postpartum period. The prevalence of PPD (ca. 6-10%), on the other hand, was not affected by the lockdown. Thus, the effect of COVID-19 on maternal mental health might not, after all, have been as severe as assumed at the beginning of the pandemic.

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Adjustment DisordersCOVID-19Cohort StudiesCommunicable Disease ControlFemaleGermanyHumansPandemicsPostpartum PeriodCOVID-19Postpartum adjustment disorderPostpartum depressionPostpartum period

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PMID37700310
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