Open Access<p>Association of Pain Catastrophizing with Postnatal Depressive States in Nulliparous Parturients: A Prospective Study</p>
Author(s) -
Yanzhi Zeng,
Chin Wen Tan,
Rehena Sultana,
Tze-Ern Chua,
Helen Yu Chen,
Alex Tiong Heng Sia,
Ban Leong Sng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s256465
Subject(s) - medicine , edinburgh postnatal depression scale , breakthrough pain , depression (economics) , pain catastrophizing , labor pain , anxiety , association (psychology) , obstetrics , pregnancy , psychiatry , chronic pain , depressive symptoms , psychology , genetics , receptor , biology , opioid , economics , psychotherapist , macroeconomics
Postnatal depression (PND) is associated with maternal morbidity and socioeconomic burden. Recent studies have shown an association between pain catastrophizing, increased labor pain, and subsequent adverse postnatal adjustment; however, little is known on its role in PND development. We aimed to investigate the association between pain catastrophizing and probable PND.