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. 2021 Jun 30;10:230. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1409_20

Table 2.

Depression and postpartum weight retention

Author, year Measurement time Measurement tool Findings
Biesmans et al. (2013)[24] 3 MPP EPDS Positive association (P=0.042)
Bogaerts et al.[26] (2013) Pregnancy, 6 MPP EPDS 6 MPP: Association (P<0.20)
Bogaerts et al.[25] (2017) 4, 6 WPP EPDS 4 WPP: Association (P<0.05)
Final analysis: NA
Collings et al. (2018)[16] Pregnancy, 12 MPP EPDS NA
Ertel et al. (2017)[17] Pregnancy, 6 MPP EPDS NA
Goldstein et al. (2016)[12] Delivery, 3 MPP PHQ2 Delivery: Positive association (0.88, 95% CI: 0.12-1.64, P=0.02)
Gunderson et al. (2008)[27] 6 MPP EPDS 6 MPP and SPPWR: Association (unadjusted OR=1.98, 95%CI: 1.06-3.71, P=0.03).
Herring et al. (2008)[10] Pregnancy, 6 MPP EPDS 6 MPP and SPPWR: Association (adjusted OR=2.54, 95%CI: 1.06-6.09)
Antenatal: NA
Huang et al. (2010)[28] 6 MPP BDI Association (F=2.16, P=0.001)
Oken et al. (2007)[2] 6 MPP EPDS NA
Pedersen et al. (2011)[29] Pregnancy, 6 MPP Taken from Pregnancy and 6 month PPWR: Association (adjusted OR=1.35; 95% CI, 1.27-1.44, P<0.01)
Symptoms checklist-92 Pregnancy and 18 month PPWR: Association (adjusted OR=1.34; 95% CI: 1.24-1.45)
Phillips et al. (2014)[30] 3, 6 MPP EPDS NA
Phillips et al. (2014)[31] Pregnancy, 3 MPP EPDS Pregnancy: NA
3 MPP: Positive association (r=0.15, P<0.05)
Riazi et al. (2017)[32] 6 MPP EPDS NA
Rogers et al. (2016)[18] 1, 6, 12 MPP EPDS NA
Salehi-pourmehr et al. (2018)[9] Pregnancy, 6-8 WPP, 12 MPP EPDS First trimester and 12 month PPWR: Association (aMD 3.416; 95% CI: 1.392-5.441, P=0.001)
6-8 WPP and 12 month PPWR: Association (aMD 3.042; 95% CI 0.538-5.547, P=0.018)
Sha et al. (2019)[33] 1 MPP EPDS NA
Siega-Riz et al. (2010)[34] 3, 12 MPP EPDS NA
Van poppel et al. (2012)[36] Pregnancy, 3-5 MPP CES-D NA
Walker (2009)[37] Postdelivery, 6 WPP CES-D NA
3, 6, 12 MPP
Wan Noor Fatehah et al. (2019)[39] 6 MPP EPDS NA
Whitaker et al. (2014)[38] 2, 6, 12 MPP PSI 6 MPP and 6 month PPWR: Positive association (t=2.122, P=0.037)
Zanotti et al. (2015)[40] 1, 3, 6 MPP BDI Positive association

MPP=Months postpartum, EPDS=Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, WPP=Weeks postpartum, PSI=Parenting stress index, CES-D=Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, BDI=Beck depression inventory, PHQ2=Patient Health Questionnaire-2, NA=No association, aMD=Adjusted mean difference