Trait mindfulness scores are related to trajectories of depressive symptoms during pregnancy.
J Psychiatr Res
; 151: 166-172, 2022 07.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Exploring possible protective factors against antenatal depression is important since antenatal depression is common and affects both mother and child. The person characteristic trait mindfulness may be such a protective factor. Because of the high variability in depressive symptoms over time, we aimed to assess the association between trait mindfulness and trajectories of depressive symptoms during pregnancy.METHODS:
A subsample of 762 women participating in the HAPPY study completed the Three Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-Short Form at 22 weeks of pregnancy. Possible different trajectories of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) scores, assessed at each pregnancy trimester, were explored with growth mixture modeling.RESULTS:
Three EPDS trajectories (classes) were identified low stable symptom scores (N = 607, 79.7%), decreasing symptom scores (N = 74, 9.7%) and increasing symptom scores (N = 81, 10.6%). Compared to belonging to the low stable class (reference), women with higher scores on the trait mindfulness facets 'acting with awareness' and 'non-judging' were less likely to belong to the decreasing class (OR = 0.81, 95% CI [0.73, 0.90] and OR = 0.77, 95% CI [0.70, 0.84]) and increasing class (OR = 0.88, 95% CI [0.80, 0.97] and OR = 0.72, 95% CI [0.65, 0.79]). Women with higher scores on 'non-reacting' were less likely to belong to the increasing class (OR = 0.89, 95% CI [0.82, 0.97]), but not the decreasing class (OR = 0.96, 95% CI [0.87, 1.04]). All analyses were adjusted for confounders.CONCLUSIONS:
Characteristics of trait mindfulness predicted low stable levels of depressive symptoms throughout pregnancy. Mindfulness-based programs may be beneficial for pregnant women as a strategy to alleviate depression risks.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Complicaciones del Embarazo
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Depresión Posparto
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Atención Plena
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
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En
Revista:
J Psychiatr Res
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article