Postpartum Depression in the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Impact of Anaesthesia

General and Maternity Hospital of Athens Elena Venizelou

Status: Completed

Conditions: Maternal Distress; Psychological Stress; Postpartum Depression

Treatments: Other: GAD-7 (General Anxiety Disorder) scale; Other: EPDS (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale); Other: PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire) Depression Scale; Other: 38 questions questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04437342

Covid-19 Postpartum depression

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this multicenter prospective study is to evaluate the association between the Covid-19 pandemic maternal psychological distress with the postpartum depression, demographic and anaesthesiologic variables

Enrollment: 330 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All pregnant women over the age of 18 that present for labour (vaginal delivery or caesarean section)

Exclusion criteria

• Not eligible in writing and reading in Greek
• Drug abuse

Trial design

330 participants in 1 patient group

Maternal Group

Description:

Pregnant women in labour (vaginal delivery or caesarean section) that are admitted to the hospital. Pre-labour 3 different questionnaires are administered to evaluate depression, general anxiety disorder and the association to the covid-19 pandemic. 40 days post delivery via telephone contact 2 questionnaires are administered, one in order to assess the postpartum disorder the other to assess depression.

Treatment:

Other: GAD-7 (General Anxiety Disorder) scale

Other: 38 questions questionnaire

Other: PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire) Depression Scale

Other: EPDS (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale)