Postpartum Depressive Symptoms and Screening Opportunities at Health Care Encounters
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Postpartum Depressive Symptoms and Screening Opportunities at Health Care Encounters

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  • Alternative Title:
    J Womens Health (Larchmt)
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    Background:

    The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that providers screen women for depression at the postpartum checkup. If this checkup is the only screening opportunity, women who do not attend or whose depressive episode occurs at a different time may not be identified. We evaluated women’s encounters with postpartum health care to identify screening opportunities for postpartum depressive symptoms (PDS).

    Materials and Methods:

    Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data for 2012–2015 from eight jurisdictions (n = 23,990, representing 1,939,865 women) were used to calculate percentage of women reporting attendance at postpartum checkups, well-child visits, or postpartum home visitation, by presence of PDS. PDS were assessed using a modified two-item Patient Health Questionnaire. Using Modified Poisson regression, adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) and confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated to compare health services by PDS, adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics.

    Results:

    Almost all women with or without PDS attended a postpartum checkup (85.1% and 91.4%; aPR: 0.96; 95% CI: 0.93–0.99) and their infants attended a well-child visit (97.3% and 98.9%; aPR: 0.99; 95% CI: 0.98–1.00); 13.7% and 10.9% received home visitation (aPR: 1.18; 95% CI: 1.02–1.35). Of women with PDS who missed their postpartum checkup, 13.5% reported infant attendance at well-child visits, and 2.0% received home visitation. Of women with PDS, 98.8%, 86.1%, and 11.2% attended 1, 2, or 3 health services.

    Conclusion:

    A large percentage of women with PDS may attend well-child visits or receive home visitation, representing opportunities for depression screening and referral for care.

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    J Womens Health (Larchmt). 30(5):731-738
  • Pubmed ID:
    32633692
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC11262126
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
  • Volume:
    30
  • Issue:
    5
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