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V J Pop

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PubMed1993

Prevalence of post partum depression--or is it post-puerperium depression?

In a longitudinal study, the prevalence of post partum depression was investigated in 293 women. They were assessed during gestation at 32 weeks, and consecutively after parturition with an interval of six weeks from four weeks until 34 weeks' post partum. The prevalence of post partum depression (RDC) varied between seven and 14%, with a peak at ten weeks' post partum. It was found that women were depressed significantly more often at ten weeks' post partum compared with pregnancy, the first post partum weeks and the later post partum period. This finding suggests that it is not directly after parturition that women are more prone to depression. The relationship between variables such as blues, parity, PMS and depression showed that at different assessments in the post partum period different women are depressed, women who do not necessarily share the same characteristics. This finding may explain why in some studies a relationship was found between certain kinds of variables and post partum depression while in others not. PMS was found to be significantly related to post partum depression only at the time of the women resumed menstruation. It is suggested that screening on post partum depression partly involves screening on depressive symptoms related to PMS.

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PubMed1992

[Incidence of postpartum thyroid function disorders in The Netherlands].

In a longitudinal study the incidence of postpartum thyroid dysfunction in the Netherlands was investigated in an unselected open population. There were 293 women who were screened by repeated assessments of thyroid function until 34 weeks postpartum at 6-week intervals. Thyroid dysfunction was defined as abnormal TSH values accompanied by abnormal FT4 and (or) FT3 values. The frequency of postpartum thyroid dysfunction was 7.2% (n = 21). Most of the thyroid dysfunction occurred between 16 and 28 weeks postpartum. There were five women with subclinical thyroid dysfunction: abnormal TSH values with complementary FT4 and (or) FT3 changes within normal limits. Four of them showed (marked) increase in antimicrosomal antibody titres. With the inclusion of the five women the frequency rose to 8.9%. These data appear representative for the Netherlands as a whole, suggesting that every year 14,000 women suffer from (transient) postpartum thyroid dysfunction.

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PubMed1992

Characteristics of the Edinburgh Post Natal Depression Scale in The Netherlands.

The Edinburgh Post Natal Depression Scale (EPDS), a 10-item self-rating depression scale, was translated into Dutch and compared in 293 postpartum women with other self-rating scales commonly in use in The Netherlands. In addition the structure of EPDS was analyzed by various factor analyses to reveal some of its dimensional aspects. The Dutch version of EPDS was found to be a self-rating scale with good psychometric characteristics which measures what it claims to measure: the strength of depressive symptoms. With LISREL a 2-factor model could be distinguished which contained subscales reflecting depressive symptoms and cognitive anxiety.

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