Cohort study, 2020
Can depression screening after birth predict who will develop PMS?
A high depression score after birth may signal increased risk of developing PMS or PMDD in the next year, but the evidence is preliminary and the difference was not statistically significant.
What they did
Researchers enrolled 200 Japanese pregnant women at 35-36 weeks of pregnancy. One month after delivery, they gave women a depression screening test (EPDS). They then tracked which women developed severe PMS or PMDD by 1 year after delivery.
What they found
Of 178 women without severe PMS or PMDD before pregnancy, 19.0% (4 of 21) of those with high depression scores and 5.6% (5 of 89) of those with low depression scores developed severe PMS or PMDD within the year. The difference was not statistically significant (p equals 0.07).
What it means for you
Women with high depression scores after birth may be more likely to develop PMS or PMDD later, but this study was small and the finding was not statistically significant. Much larger studies are needed to confirm this relationship.
19.0%
High depression group with PMS/PMDD (4 of 21)
5.6%
Low depression group with PMS/PMDD (5 of 89)
0.07
p-value for group difference
About the study
- Original title
- Relationship between a high Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale score and premenstrual syndrome: A prospective, observational study
- Authors
- Takayama E, Tanaka H, Kamimoto Y et al.
- Journal
- Taiwanese journal of obstetrics & gynecology
- Year
- 2020
- Study design
- Cohort study
- Participants
- 200
- What was tested
- None
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1016/j.tjog.2020.03.003
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