Labor Epidural Analgesia and Postpartum Depression
<p><strong>Introduction</strong>: Epidural labor analgesia may decrease the risk of postpartum depression (PPD).</p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: In a secondary analysis of a prospective study, the association between epidural utilization and PPD was evaluat...
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| 100 | 1 | 0 | |a Catherine D Tobin |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Sylvia H Wilson |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Latha Hebbar |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Laura L Roberts |e author |
| 700 | 1 | 0 | |a Bethany J Wolf |e author |
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| 520 | |a <p><strong>Introduction</strong>: Epidural labor analgesia may decrease the risk of postpartum depression (PPD).</p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: In a secondary analysis of a prospective study, the association between epidural utilization and PPD was evaluated using a Fisher's exact test. PPD was defined as an Edinburgh Postnatal Depression score of > 10 at 6-8 weeks postpartum.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: 20% (13/65) of women meet criteria for PDD. 24% (n=12/50) of women who received epidural labor analgesia developed PPD, compared to 6.7% (n=1/15) of women who did not receive epidural labor analgesia (P = 0.27).</p><p><strong>Conclusions</strong>: Labor epidural analgesia did not reduce the risk of postpartum depression. </p> | ||
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