| خلاصه مقاله | Background and aims: Prevalence of Obesity among childbearing
age women has increased markedly in recent decades, and it
has become a major health problem with probably impact on
mental health of obese women. For many women, returning to
prepregnancy weight is a challenge. This study performed to
examine the extent to which trimesters of pregnancy and early
postpartum depression is associated with weight retention 1
year after childbirth.
Methods: In a prospective cohort study of 307 women enrolled
in Project with title “association between prepregnancy BMI
and postpartum depression”, 62 women with class 2 and 3 of
obesity and 245 with normal prepregnancy BMI, reported
depressive symptoms on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression
Scale (EPDS) at 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimesters of pregnancy and
6-8 weeks postpartum. A score >13 indicated probable depression.
Associations between antenatal and postpartum depression
with risk of substantial weight retention (at least 5 kg) 1 year
after childbirth were assessed.
Results: One hundred and forty nine women (76.8%) with
normal prepregnancy BMI were not depressed during or after
pregnancy, while these amounts were 22 women (47.8%) in
obese group. 32 (16.5%) in normal BMI and 7 women (15.2%)
in obese group experienced antenatal depression only, 5 (2.6%)
in normal group and 6 (13.0%) in obese group experienced
postpartum depression only and 8 (4.1%) in normal group and
11 women (23.9%) in obese group experienced both antenatal
and postpartum depression ( p<0.001). At 1 year, participants
retained a mean of 2.52 kg (range −10 to 17) in normal BMI
group and 18.1% retained at least 5 kg and in obese group
slightly decrease was shown: −0.02 kg (range −14 to 12) with
11.1% with retained weight at least 5 kg. Binary logistic regression
analyses, after adjustment for weight-related covariates,
maternal sociodemographics, and parity, antenatal and postpartum
depression showed antenatal depression, either alone or
in combination with postpartum depression, was not associated
with substantial weight retention (odds ratio (OR): 1.02, 95%
confidence interval (CI): 0.94, 1.10).
Conclusion: The results showed that obese women are most
prone to have postpartum depression. However there was no
association between substantial weight retention in the first postpartum
year in our study, more research with high sample size
and all BMI groups are needed. Moreover identifying the other
risk factors for weight retention after birth to prevent obesity
and its sequels on women to better decision making in prenatal
care guidelines contents are required. |