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Postpartum depressive symptoms in the first 17months after childbirth: the impact of an emotionally supportive partnership

Bielinski-Blattmann, Daniela ; Lemola, Sakari ; Jaussi, Chantal ; Stadlmayr, Werner ; Grob, Alexander

In: International Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 54, no. 5, p. 333-339

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    Titre
    • Postpartum depressive symptoms in the first 17months after childbirth: the impact of an emotionally supportive partnership
    Auteur
    • Bielinski-Blattmann, Daniela. Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • Lemola, Sakari. Department of Personality and Developmental Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    • Jaussi, Chantal. Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • Stadlmayr, Werner. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • Grob, Alexander. Department of Personality and Developmental Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • International Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 54, no. 5, p. 333-339. SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:317281
    Summary
    Objectives: This study investigates the impact on different postpartum depressive trajectories (i.e., "non depressive symptoms”, "stable depressive symptoms”, "deterioration” and "improvement”) from 5-17months after childbirth exerted by emotional support that mothers receive from their partners and emotional support they provide to their partners. Methods: Postpartum depressive symptoms were assessed using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale 5 and 17months after delivery in a sample of 293 mothers. Emotional support received from the partners was assessed among both mothers and partners. Results: The initial level and the change in emotional support that mothers received from their partners were related to different trajectories of postpartum depressive symptoms. Mothers who were living in a partnership with low reciprocal emotional support showed a significantly higher risk of suffering from "stable depressive symptoms” than mothers who were living in a partnership with high reciprocal emotional support. Conclusions: An increased risk of persistent depressive symptoms beyond the early postpartum period was observed in mothers with poor reciprocal emotional support in the partnership. Further research is needed for a better understanding of the mothers persistent depressive symptoms after childbirth associated with reciprocity of emotional support in the partnership