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A Six-month Follow-up Study of Maternal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Japanese
BACKGROUND: Maternal psychological distress has been widely studied, but epidemiologic data based on follow-up studies of maternal psychological distress remain insufficient in Japan. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among child-rearing wo...
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Japan Epidemiological Association
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18403858 http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.18.84 |
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author | Sato, Yuki Kato, Tadaaki Kakee, Naoko |
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description | BACKGROUND: Maternal psychological distress has been widely studied, but epidemiologic data based on follow-up studies of maternal psychological distress remain insufficient in Japan. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among child-rearing women in Japan at two time-points after childbirth. METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire was delivered on two occasions to 2,657 women who had given birth in 2004: first when their infants were 3-4 months old and then again when their infants were 9-10 months old. The questionnaire included the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS; Japanese version) to estimate the level of maternal psychological distress. RESULTS: The total percentage of women with anxiety symptoms as assessed by a HADS score of 8+ was 26.2 % at 3-4 months of age, and 26.1 % at 9-10 months. Among the women without anxiety symptoms at 3-4 months, 11.6 % showed anxiety symptoms at 9-10 months. The total percentage of depressive symptoms was 19.0 % at 3-4 months, and 24.0 % at 9-10 months. Among the women without depressive symptoms at 3-4 months, 14.0 % showed depressive symptoms at 9-10 months. CONCLUSION: Anxiety symptoms in mothers appeared to persist from 3-4 months to 9-10 months after childbirth, while depressive symptoms tended to be more common at 9-10 months after childbirth. Nevertheless, the prevalence of anxiety symptoms was higher than that of depressive symptoms. |
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spelling | pubmed-47715812016-03-03 A Six-month Follow-up Study of Maternal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Japanese Sato, Yuki Kato, Tadaaki Kakee, Naoko J Epidemiol Short Communication BACKGROUND: Maternal psychological distress has been widely studied, but epidemiologic data based on follow-up studies of maternal psychological distress remain insufficient in Japan. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among child-rearing women in Japan at two time-points after childbirth. METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire was delivered on two occasions to 2,657 women who had given birth in 2004: first when their infants were 3-4 months old and then again when their infants were 9-10 months old. The questionnaire included the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS; Japanese version) to estimate the level of maternal psychological distress. RESULTS: The total percentage of women with anxiety symptoms as assessed by a HADS score of 8+ was 26.2 % at 3-4 months of age, and 26.1 % at 9-10 months. Among the women without anxiety symptoms at 3-4 months, 11.6 % showed anxiety symptoms at 9-10 months. The total percentage of depressive symptoms was 19.0 % at 3-4 months, and 24.0 % at 9-10 months. Among the women without depressive symptoms at 3-4 months, 14.0 % showed depressive symptoms at 9-10 months. CONCLUSION: Anxiety symptoms in mothers appeared to persist from 3-4 months to 9-10 months after childbirth, while depressive symptoms tended to be more common at 9-10 months after childbirth. Nevertheless, the prevalence of anxiety symptoms was higher than that of depressive symptoms. Japan Epidemiological Association 2008-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4771581/ /pubmed/18403858 http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.18.84 Text en © 2008 Japan Epidemiological Association. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Short Communication Sato, Yuki Kato, Tadaaki Kakee, Naoko A Six-month Follow-up Study of Maternal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Japanese |
title | A Six-month Follow-up Study of Maternal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Japanese |
title_full | A Six-month Follow-up Study of Maternal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Japanese |
title_fullStr | A Six-month Follow-up Study of Maternal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Japanese |
title_full_unstemmed | A Six-month Follow-up Study of Maternal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Japanese |
title_short | A Six-month Follow-up Study of Maternal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among Japanese |
title_sort | six-month follow-up study of maternal anxiety and depressive symptoms among japanese |
topic | Short Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18403858 http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.18.84 |
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