title: Surveys of postpartum depression in Miyagi, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
abstract: This study explores the correlation between the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the incidence of postpartum depression in Miyagi prefecture, Japan. The design used was a cross-sectional study with self-administered questionnaires, 6-9 months after the disaster. The results showed the prevalence of postnatal women with Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) score of ≥9 to be 21.3 %. Multivariate analysis showed that exposure to tsunami (odds ratio, 1.80; 95 % confidence interval, 1.16-2.78) was significantly and independently associated with an EPDS score of ≥9. Postnatal women and their children should be treated as a vulnerable population, and a protective framework must be established to prepare for future devastating disasters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishigori
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: Taku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Obara
authors.forename: Toshie
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishigori
authors.forename: Kineko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Kunihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yaegashi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008016:Life Change Events; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D057192:Tsunamis