Risk factors for developing posttraumatic stress disorder following childbirth
Abstract
Women can develop childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder (CB-PTSD) in at-term delivery with healthy baby outcome as well as following pre-term delivery and neonatal complications, a potential added stressor. No study compares risk factors of CB-PTSD associated with different infant outcomes. We investigated CB-PTSD risk factors by comparing women with or without neonatal complications. Analysis reveals the importance of antepartum and birth-related risk factors in CB-PTSD above and beyond child outcomes, suggesting childbirth is an independent stressor capable of evoking CB-PTSD.
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This could improve the accessibility of CB-PTSD diagnosis, addressing socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic disparities associated with childbirth trauma by helping to identify minoritized women.
“Importantly, this could improve the accessibility of CB-PTSD diagnosis, addressing socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic disparities associated with childbirth trauma59,60 by helping to identify minoritized women, who are at three times higher risk of experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms60.”
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- Authors
- Chan, S. J., Ein-Dor, T., Mayopoulos, P. A., Mesa, M. M., Sunda, R. M., McCarthy, B. F., Kaimal, A. J., & Dekel, S.
- Affiliations
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dekel, Sharon
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-08
- Volume
- 290
- Pages
- 113090
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3028496037
- Cited by
- 54
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 3.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, childbirth, risk factors, neonatal complications, preterm birth, prenatal risk factors, maternal mental health, infant outcomes
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Labor, Obstetric, Mental Health, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Outcome, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Prevalence, Parturition, Delivery, Obstetric, Postpartum Period
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