Background: The first 100 days after childbirth are important for women recovering from pregnancy and birth.
Aim: To describe the most common clinical events or health needs documented in women's primary care records in the first 100 days after childbirth.
Design And Setting: Cross-sectional study using electronic health records from UK primary care data.
Importance: There is some evidence that men may be at higher risk of depression directly following the birth of their child and that approximately 1 in 10 men will experience depression in the year after birth, but less is known about men's antidepressant treatment during this time. Likewise, few direct comparisons have been made with antidepressant treatment in men who have not recently become fathers.
Objectives: To determine whether recently having a child was associated with increased odds of antidepressant treatment in men.
Objective: To describe women's uptake of postnatal checks and primary care consultations in the year following childbirth.
Design: Observational cohort study using electronic health records.
Setting: UK primary care.