TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Postpartum depression among women in Nagoya indirectly exposed to the Great East Japan Earthquake
JO  - Scientific reports
A1  - Kubota, Chika
A1  - Okada, Takashi
A1  - Morikawa, Mako
A1  - Nakamura, Yukako
A1  - Yamauchi, Aya
A1  - Ando, Masahiko
A1  - Shiino, Tomoko
A1  - Ohara, Masako
A1  - Murase, Satomi
A1  - Goto, Setsuko
A1  - Kanai, Atsuko
A1  - Masuda, Tomoko
A1  - Aleksic, Branko
A1  - Ozaki, Norio
SP  - e11624
EP  - e11624
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
N2  - This study aimed to assess the situation of postpartum depression and maternal bonding in Nagoya, a city distant from the epicenter of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011. Among the participants at 1 month after childbirth between March 11, 2010 and March 10, 2013 (n = 188), 152 fully responded to the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Mother-Infant Bonding Questionnaire (MIBQ). They were divided into pre-quake (n = 58), and 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, and 18-24 months after the earthquake groups (n = 20, 26, 29, and 19, respectively). The rate of mothers who scored above the cutoff point for the EPDS increased from 12.1% in the pre-quake to 35.0% in the 0-6 months group (p = 0.022). The EPDS total and anxiety subscale scores (mean ± standard error) were also significantly different between the pre-quake and 0-6 months after the earthquake groups (4.45 ± 0.50 vs. 7.95 ± 1.47, p = 0.024; 2.16 ± 0.26 vs. 3.65 ± 0.57, p = 0.021, respectively). The EPDS total and anxiety scores were the highest for the 0-6 months group, followed by the 6-12, 12-18, 18-24 months groups (p = 0.019, p = 0.022). MIBQ scores did not differ between the pre-quake and 0-6 months groups. Depressive symptoms, mainly explained by anxiety, increased after the earthquake with no changes in maternal bonding.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2045-2322
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30065-w
ID  - ref1
ER  -