Open AccessLabor pain relief and postpartum depression. Is there a correlation?
Author(s) -
О. В. Рязанова,
Yury S. Aleksandrovich,
Vitaly A. Reznik,
Irina A. Gorkovaya,
Maria A. Korgozha,
Aleksander Ioskovich
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
žurnalʺ akušerstva i ženskihʺ boleznej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1684-0461
pISSN - 1683-9366
DOI - 10.17816/jowd66511-20
Subject(s) - medicine , ropivacaine , vaginal delivery , anesthesia , pain relief , depression (economics) , labor pain , obstetrics , postpartum depression , pregnancy , macroeconomics , biology , economics , genetics
The article is dedicated to the evaluation of the effect of labor pain relief by using epidural analgesia during vaginal delivery on the frequency of postpartum depression. Materials and methods. 159 women were included in the study. The average age of the patients was 29 years, the average gestation period was 39.7 weeks. In the first group, in order to relief the pain while vaginal birth, an epidural analgesia was administered. A continuous patient-controlled infusion was used along with 0.08% solution of ropivacaine hydrochloride in the capacity of a local anesthetic. Patients of the second group gave birth without any anesthesia. Evaluation of the depression progress was carried out several times: before birth, 6 hours after delivery, 3 days and 6 weeks after delivery. Results of the study. Usage of epidural analgesia during vaginal delivery leads to a significant pain syndrome relief, but does not reduce the probably of postpartum depression.