title: Is the Predictability of New-Onset Postpartum Depression Better During Pregnancy or in the Early Postpartum Period? A Prospective Study in Croatian Women.
abstract: The researchers' aim was to examine whether it was better to predict new-onset postpartum depression (PPD) during pregnancy or immediately after childbirth. A prospective study conducted in Croatia followed women (N = 272) from the third trimester of pregnancy through the early postpartum period (within the first 3 postpartum days), to 6 weeks postpartum. Questionnaires on depression, anxiety, stress, coping, self-esteem, and social support were administered. Through regression analyses we showed that PPD symptoms could be equally predicted by variables from pregnancy (30.3%) and the early postpartum period (34.0%), with a small advantage of PPD prediction in the early postpartum period.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology , University Hospital Centre Sisters of Mercy , Zagreb , Croatia.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakić Radoš
authors.affiliation: b Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology , University of Applied Health Studies , Zagreb , Croatia.
authors.forename: Radoslav
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences , University of Zagreb , Zagreb , Croatia.
authors.forename: Meri
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tadinac
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011295:Prenatal Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult