title: Perinatal characteristics and mother's personality profile associated with increased likelihood of postpartum depression occurrence in a Romanian outpatient sample.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Postpartum depression represents an increasingly recognized psychiatric condition in new mothers, and even more so in recent years as its detection has improved.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to reveal those maternal and perinatal parameters that are significantly associated with increased likelihood of postpartum depression in delivering mothers from our region.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 163 women between 6 and 8 weeks after delivery. Postnatal depression was assessed by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) using a cut-off of >12.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Postnatal depression was detected in 39 (23.93%) new mothers. The preterm delivery [odds ratio (OR) 7.233; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.631-32.078; p = 0.009], presence of complications during pregnancy (OR 4.579; 95% CI 1.314-15.953; p = 0.017) and being primiparous (OR 3.388; 95% CI 1.430-8.025; p = 0.006) have been associated with an increased likelihood of subsequent postpartum depression. Anxiety traits of personality were the most represented in depressive mothers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Postpartum depression is a frequent psychiatric condition in new mothers from our region. These results outline the critical role of mother's profile of personality which in a particular context of perinatal events could result in an increased likelihood of postpartum depression requiring a multidisciplinary approach.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and.
authors.forename: Virgil-Radu
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Enatescu
authors.affiliation: b Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatology , Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy , Timisoara , Romania , and.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bernad
authors.affiliation: b Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatology , Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy , Timisoara , Romania , and.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gluhovschi
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and.
authors.forename: Ion
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Papava
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and.
authors.forename: Radu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Romosan
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palicsak
authors.affiliation: c Eduard Pamfil Psychiatric Clinic, Timisoara County Emergency Clinical Hospital , Timisoara , Romania.
authors.forename: Rosana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Munteanu
authors.affiliation: b Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatology , Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy , Timisoara , Romania , and.
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Craina
authors.affiliation: b Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatology , Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy , Timisoara , Romania , and.
authors.forename: Ileana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Enatescu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010045:Outpatients; D010551:Personality; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Increased likelihood; perinatal; personality; postpartum depression