RT Journal Article
T1 Bidirectional relationship between physical health symptoms and depressive symptoms in the pre- and postpartum period.
A1 Gómez-Pérez, Lidia
A1 Cumsille, Patricio
A1 Román, Camila
K1 Depresión postparto
K1 Enfermedades mentales en el embarazo
K1 Mujeres embarazadas - Salud e higiene
AB Objective: To test the bidirectional relationships between physical health symptoms (PHS) and depressive symptoms (DS) as well as between the intensity of 'any pain' and DS in the pre- and postpartum period METHOD: Women (N = 615) completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, the Patients Health Questionnaire-15, and numerical pain rating scales when they were between 32 and 37 weeks of gestation, and subsequently one, three, and six months postpartum. We conducted two random intercept cross-lagged panel models (RI-CLPM) RESULTS: Both models presented excellent fits. The relationship between PHS and DS was bidirectional across all the data waves (χ2(9) = 6.610, p = .678, CFI = 1, TLI = 1, RMSEA = 0). The magnitude of the standardized cross-lagged regression coefficient was relatively similar from DS to PHS (raging between 0.081 and 0.171); and from PHS to DS (raging between 0.121 and 0.138). The relationship between 'any pain' intensity and DS was also bidirectional, but only during the postnatal period (χ2(9) =11.765, p = .227, CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.022). The magnitude of the standardized cross-lagged regression coefficient was higher from DS to 'any pain' intensity (raging between 0.214 and 0.216); than from 'any pain' intensity to DS (raging between 0.092 and 0.097).Conclusions: Concurrently intervening over physical and mental health symptoms could promote women's perinatal health.
PB Elsevier
YR 2020
FD 2020-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37977
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37977
LA eng
NO Gómez-Pérez, L., Cumsille, P., & Román, C. (2020). Bidirectional relationship between physical health symptoms and depressive symptoms in the pre- and postpartum period. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 139, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110280.
NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/14084
NO This work was supported by the Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo  (ANID, National Agency for Research and Development, grant numbers Fondecyt Regular #1171727).
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026