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Seasonal patterns in self-reported peripartum depressive symptoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

H.E. Henriksson ,
S.M. Sylvén ,
T.K. Kallak ,
F.C. Papadopoulos  and
A. Skalkidou
H.E. Henriksson*
Affiliation:
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, 75185Uppsala, Sweden
S.M. Sylvén
Affiliation:
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, 75185Uppsala, Sweden Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
T.K. Kallak
Affiliation:
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, 75185Uppsala, Sweden
F.C. Papadopoulos
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
A. Skalkidou
Affiliation:
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala University Hospital, 75185Uppsala, Sweden
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address:hanna.henriksson@kbh.uu.se (H.E. Henriksson).
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Abstract

Background:

In the peripartum period, the literature on seasonality in depression is still scarce and studies present varying findings. The aims of this study were to investigate whether seasonal patterns in postpartum depressive symptoms previously identified in a Swedish study could be replicated in a larger study, as well as to assess seasonal patterns in depressive symptoms during pregnancy.

Methods:

This was a nested case-control study comprised of 4129 women who participated in the BASIC project and gave birth at Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, between February 2010 and December 2015.

Results:

Women who gave birth in October–December 2011 had an increased odds of depressive symptoms at 6 weeks postpartum, when compared with women giving birth in April–June 2011 (aOR = 2.42; 95% CI: 1.12–5.26). The same pattern was found among women with a history of depression. No other seasonal patterns for depressive symptoms during pregnancy or at 6 weeks postpartum were identified.

Conclusions:

In general, no consistent seasonal patterns were found in peripartum depressive symptoms. Whether the seasonal patterns found in some studies during certain years may be due to other factors relating to specific years and seasons, such as extreme climatic conditions or other particular events, warrants further investigation.

Keywords

Peripartum depressionAntenatal depressionPostpartum depressionDepressive symptomsSeasonalityBASIC study
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European Psychiatry , Volume 43 , June 2017 , pp. 99 - 108
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017

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