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: Received: 5 August 2024 / Approved: 6 August 2024 / Online: 6 August 2024 (16:10:07 CEST)
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Izvoranu (Onuc), S.; Banariu, G. M.; Chirila, S. I.; Delcea, C.; Niculescu, C.; Rus, M.; Badiu, D.; Tica, V. I. Title Influence of Newborns Characteristics on Postpartum Depression: The Impact of Birth Season and Male Gender in a Romanian Cohort Study. Preprints2024, 2024080434. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0434.v1
Izvoranu (Onuc), S.; Banariu, G. M.; Chirila, S. I.; Delcea, C.; Niculescu, C.; Rus, M.; Badiu, D.; Tica, V. I. Title Influence of Newborns Characteristics on Postpartum Depression: The Impact of Birth Season and Male Gender in a Romanian Cohort Study. Preprints 2024, 2024080434. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0434.v1
Izvoranu (Onuc), S.; Banariu, G. M.; Chirila, S. I.; Delcea, C.; Niculescu, C.; Rus, M.; Badiu, D.; Tica, V. I. Title Influence of Newborns Characteristics on Postpartum Depression: The Impact of Birth Season and Male Gender in a Romanian Cohort Study. Preprints2024, 2024080434. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0434.v1
APA Style
Izvoranu (Onuc), S., Banariu, G. M., Chirila, S. I., Delcea, C., Niculescu, C., Rus, M., Badiu, D., & Tica, V. I. (2024). Title Influence of Newborns Characteristics on Postpartum Depression: The Impact of Birth Season and Male Gender in a Romanian Cohort Study. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0434.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Izvoranu (Onuc), S., Diana Badiu and Vlad Iustin Tica. 2024 "Title Influence of Newborns Characteristics on Postpartum Depression: The Impact of Birth Season and Male Gender in a Romanian Cohort Study" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0434.v1
Abstract
Background and Objective: Although possible risk factors associated with maternal
postpartum depression (PPD) have been elucidated, it is still unknown how some newborns
characteristics could influence the appearance of PPD. Our research aimed to unravel the
impact of newborn’s characteristics on PPD. Methods: The study was conducted in the
Obstetrics & Gynecology Department, from our University Emergency County Hospital, between
August 2019 and April 2021. We included women in the 2 nd day of the postpartum period
(n=904), divided into 2 groups: women with PPD (n=236) and control (women without PPD,
n=668), by using the Edinburg Postpartum Depression Scale. Characteristic information on
newborns (i.e., the months in which they were born, premature delivery, birth weight, or gender)
were assessed. Results: Our findings suggest that the winter season (i.e. December and January,
p=0.01) births and male newborns (p=0.02) were associated with the appearance of depressive
symptoms during postpartum. Conclusions: Therefore, our study showed that women who give
birth to male newborns in winter are likely to develop PPD. This should be considered by all public
health systems in order to prevent such manifestations in certain groups of women.
Keywords
postpartum depression; birth; winter season; male gender; public health system
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Copyright:
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