Assessment of psychological modifications during pregnancy: Contribution of Derogatis Symptom check-list (SCL 90-R)

Mamelle, N.; Gérin, P; Measson, A; Munoz, F.; P, Collet

doi:10.3109/01674828709019589

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“…Patients with postpartum anaemia show more symptoms on the so called symptom checklist SCL-90-R, more symptoms of 'maternity blues' and a reduced sense of well-being compared to nonanaemic patients [45,46]. Effective treatment of anaemia reduces cardiovascular distress and the risk for affective disorders.…”

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Effectiveness of recombinant erythropoietin and iron sucrose vs. iron therapy only, in patients with postpartum anaemia and blunted erythropoiesis

Breymann

Richter

Hüttner

et al. 2000

Eur J Clin Investigation

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Effectiveness of recombinant erythropoietin and iron sucrose vs. iron therapy only, in patients with postpartum anaemia and blunted erythropoiesis

Breymann

Richter

Hüttner

et al. 2000

Eur J Clin Investigation

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“…The SCL‐90‐R is a brief, multidimensional self‐report inventory designed to assess a broad range of psychological and clinical symptoms. Within the pregnancy context, it has been applied both in normal pregnancy (Mamelle, Gerin, Measson, Munoz, & Collet, 1987) and in risk pregnancy (Smith, Dent, Coles, & Falek, 1992). The instrument consists of 90 items with a 5‐point Likert‐like response format, ranging from 0 ( not at all ) to 4 ( extremely ), measuring nine dimensions: somatization (12 items), obsessive‐compulsiveness (10 items), interpersonal sensitivity (nine items), depression (13 items), anxiety (10 items), hostility (six items), phobic anxiety (seven items), paranoid ideation (six items), and psychoticism (10 items).…”

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Coping strategies of Spanish pregnant women and their impact on anxiety and depression

Peñacoba

Monge

Marín-Morales

et al. 2012

Research in Nursing & Health

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The aims of this study were to analyze the coping strategies used by women in the first trimester of low-risk pregnancies, their relationships to sociodemographic and pregnancy variables, and their ability to predict anxiety and depression in the third trimester. Participants in the first trimester were 285 Spanish pregnant women, of whom 122 were followed into the third trimester. The use of problem-focused coping was stable, whereas variations occurred in emotion-focused coping. Age, educational level, employment, planned pregnancy, previous childbirth, and previous miscarriage were associated with adaptive coping. Coping strategies predicting anxiety and depressive symptoms were overt emotional expression and social support seeking. Coping through religion predicted anxiety. Coping is a complex process influenced by sociodemographic and obstetric factors that can contribute to the onset of psychological symptoms.

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“…Data of a normative sample were supplied by DERO-GATIS [5], established in the United States of America on 974 healthy volunteers with an average age of 46 years, half of them women. This questionnaire has been used successfully in the assessment of psychological modifications during pregnancy [11]. The SCL-90-R was used on the fifth day post partum, before discharge from the hospital and at the time of presumed peak of mood changes shortly after delivery [8,9].…”

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Does recombinant human erythropoietin not only treat anemia but reduce postpartum (emotional) distress as well?

Meyer¹,

Eichhorn²,

Vetter³

et al. 1995

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Based on the established rhEPO treatment of anemia in endstage renal failure, which results in improved quality of life, and on the clinical observation that patients with postpartum anemia treated with rhEPO seemed to gain a more stable mood, we inferred that there is a beneficial side-effect of rhEPO on postpartum blues. The aim of this study was to test the hypotheses 1) that postpartum anemia aggravates, and 2) that treatment of postpartum anemia with rhEPO reduces maternity blues. The results show that on the fifth day postpartum anemic patients score consistently worse than nonanemic women on the Symptom Checklist SCL-90-R, indicating more symptoms and distress in general, and also more symptoms characteristic of maternity blues (p < 0.05). On a "Blues Questionnaire," postpartum anemia expresses itself with a reduced "well-being" (p < 0.001). Thus, our first hypothesis was verified. There were no differences by the fifth day postpartum between anemic patients receiving either rhEPO or placebo. Our second hypothesis was thus not confirmed within this limited time. We conclude as clinicians that postpartum anemia should be treated effectively to reduce distress and hence the risk for postpartum affective disorders. Follow-up studies after rhEPO treatment beyond the first week post partum are needed. In addition, in investigations on postpartum affective disorders, the hemoglobin concentration should be considered.

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Assessment of psychological modifications during pregnancy: Contribution of Derogatis Symptom check-list (SCL 90-R)

Cited by 23 publications

References 10 publications

Effectiveness of recombinant erythropoietin and iron sucrose vs. iron therapy only, in patients with postpartum anaemia and blunted erythropoiesis

Effectiveness of recombinant erythropoietin and iron sucrose vs. iron therapy only, in patients with postpartum anaemia and blunted erythropoiesis

Coping strategies of Spanish pregnant women and their impact on anxiety and depression

Does recombinant human erythropoietin not only treat anemia but reduce postpartum (emotional) distress as well?

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