Open AccessNeuraxial labour analgesia is associated with a reduced risk of maternal depression at 2 years after childbirth
Author(s) -
Zhihua Liu,
Shu-Ting He,
Chonghai Deng,
Ting Ding,
Mingjun Xu,
Lei Wang,
Xueying Li,
DongXin Wang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2346
pISSN - 0265-0215
DOI - 10.1097/eja.0000000000001058
Subject(s) - medicine , childbirth , depression (economics) , obstetrics , postpartum depression , vaginal delivery , pregnancy , confounding , edinburgh postnatal depression scale , obstetrics and gynaecology , labor pain , logistic regression , depressive symptoms , psychiatry , anxiety , genetics , biology , economics , macroeconomics
Severe labour pain is an important risk factor of postpartum depression, and early depression is associated with an increased risk of long-term depression; whereas the use of epidural analgesia during labour decreases the risk of postpartum depression.