Open AccessAssociation of Childbirth Pain with Postnatal Depressive and Anxiety Disorders in Nulliparous Parturients: A Prospective Study
Author(s) -
Chin Wen Tan,
HoweSiang Tan,
Rehena Sultana,
Anne Chui,
Tze-Ern Chua,
Helen H.W. Chen,
Ban Leong Sng
Publication year - 2021
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.s321367
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , childbirth , obstetrics , prospective cohort study , association (psychology) , psychiatry , pregnancy , gynecology , psychotherapist , genetics , biology , psychology
There is limited knowledge on the relationship between postnatal depression and childbirth pain characteristics associated with childbirth. We investigated whether the characteristics of childbirth pain, as assessed by Short-form-McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF-MPQ-2), were associated with postnatal anxiety and depressive disorders.