The incidence of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP): a comparison between depressed women treated with antidepressants and non-depressed women.
BACKGROUND
Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) affects up to 80% of pregnant women. In many cases NVP causes changes i n family, social, o roccupational functioning. Several studies have linked NVP with depression; however, whether depression preceded or resulted from NVP, has not been established.


OBJECTIVE
To examine whether pregnant women, diagnosed with depression pre-conceptionally, treated with an antidepressant, reported a higher incidence of NVP when compared with pregnant women without depression.


METHODS
In this pilot study, two groups of pregnant women who called the Motherisk Program in Toronto, Canada, were compared. Group 1 was comprised of 179 pregnant women who reported taking an antidepressant for the treatment of depression prior to pregnancy and in the first trimester. Group 2 was comprised of 179 pregnant women with no history of depression. The incidence of NVP in both groupswas recorded and compared.


RESULTS
In the depressed group 109/179 (61%) women reported suffering from NVP vs.121/179 (68%) in the non-depressed group (P = 0.1). The logistic regression analysis did not identify any independent variable as significantly explaining NVP.


CONCLUSIONS
Depression and treatment with antidepressants prior to and in early pregnancy, does not appear to affect the incidence of NVP.
Bozzo
Pina
P
The Motherisk Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Koren
Gideon
G
Nava-Ocampo
Alejandro A
AA
Einarson
Adrienne
A
D000328:Adult; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D020073:Gravidity; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D048968:Morning Sickness; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy
D000928:Antidepressive Agents