title: Maternity blues. III. Associations with obstetric, psychological, and psychiatric factors.
abstract: One hundred and six women were assessed psychiatrically in the 14-16th and 36-38th weeks of pregnancy and the 12th week after childbirth. They also completed a maternity blues questionnaire daily in the ten days after delivery. Blues scores were significantly associated with: neuroticism; anxiety and depressed mood during pregnancy; fear of labour; poor social adjustment; and retrospective severity of pre-menstrual tension. Blues scores were not associated with obstetric factors, with previous history of psychiatric disorder, or with case status on the PSE in pregnancy or 12 weeks after delivery.
authors.affiliation: Warneford Hospital, Oxford.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kennerley
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000523:psychology; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013997:Time Factors