Relation Between Perinatal Depressive Symptoms, Harm Avoidance, and a History of Major Depressive Disorder: A Cohort Study of Pregnant Women in Japan.

The relationship between perinatal depressive symptoms, harm avoidance (HA), and a history of major depressive disorder (MDD) was examined in a prospective cohort study. This study was conducted from May 1, 2011, to December 31, 2016. A history of MDD was evaluated using the Inventory to Diagnose Depression, Lifetime version during pregnancy.

Postpartum depression among women in Nagoya indirectly exposed to the Great East Japan Earthquake.

This study aimed to assess the situation of postpartum depression and maternal bonding in Nagoya, a city distant from the epicenter of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011. Among the participants at 1 month after childbirth between March 11, 2010 and March 10, 2013 (n = 188), 152 fully responded to the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Mother-Infant Bonding Questionnaire (MIBQ). They were divided into pre-quake (n = 58), and 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, and 18-24 months after the earthquake groups (n = 20, 26, 29, and 19, respectively).

Social support helps protect against perinatal bonding failure and depression among mothers: a prospective cohort study.

Causal relationships between perinatal bonding failure, depression, and social support among mothers remain unclear. A total of 494 women (mean age 32.4 ± 4.

Relationship between maternal depression and bonding failure: A prospective cohort study of pregnant women.

Aim: Although the association between maternal depression and bonding failure during pregnancy and after delivery has been investigated, the causal relationships remain unclear.

Methods: A total of 751 women (mean [SD] age, 32.1 [4.

Validation and factor analysis of mother-infant bonding questionnaire in pregnant and postpartum women in Japan.

Background: The Mother-Infant Bonding Questionnaire (MIBQ) has been widely used to assess maternal emotional involvement with infants. Although the reliability and validity of the MIBQ in the postpartum period has been confirmed, it remains unclear whether the MIBQ is appropriate to assess maternal bonding in both pregnancy and the postpartum period over time. Our study were aimed to 1) examine the reliability and validity of the MIBQ for clinical use among pregnant and postpartum women; and 2) examine the factor structure of the items, create subscales, and confirm the stability of the MIBQ in the pregnancy and postpartum periods.

Relationship between social support during pregnancy and postpartum depressive state: a prospective cohort study.

Although the association between social support and postpartum depression has been previously investigated, its causal relationship remains unclear. Therefore, we examined prospectively whether social support during pregnancy affected postpartum depression. Social support and depressive symptoms were assessed by Japanese version of Social Support Questionnaire (J-SSQ) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), among 877 pregnant women in early pregnancy and at one month postpartum.

Factor structure of the Japanese version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in the postpartum period.

Background: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a widely used screening tool for postpartum depression (PPD). Although the reliability and validity of EPDS in Japanese has been confirmed and the prevalence of PPD is found to be about the same as Western countries, the factor structure of the Japanese version of EPDS has not been elucidated yet.

Methods: 690 Japanese mothers completed all items of the EPDS at 1 month postpartum.

Effects of maternal depressive symptomatology during pregnancy and the postpartum period on infant-mother attachment.

Aim: Postnatal depression has demonstrated long-term consequences on child cognitive and emotional development; however, the link between maternal and child pathology has not been clearly identified. We conducted a prospective study using self-rating questionnaires to clarify the association between bonding disorder and maternal mood during pregnancy and after childbirth.

Methods: A total of 389 women participated in this study and completed questionnaires.

The postpartum depressive state in relation to perceived rearing: a prospective cohort study.

Background: The relationship between perceived rearing and the postpartum depressive state remains unclear. We aimed to examine whether perceived rearing is a risk factor for postpartum depression as measured by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), and whether the score of perceived rearing is affected by depressive mood (the state dependency of perceived rearing).

Methods: Pregnant women (n = 448, mean age 31.

Prospective study on the association between harm avoidance and postpartum depressive state in a maternal cohort of Japanese women.

Background: Recent studies have displayed increased interest in examining the relationship between personality traits and the onset, treatment response patterns, and relapse of depression. This study aimed to examine whether or not harm avoidance (HA) was a risk factor for postpartum depression measured by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the state dependency of HA.

Methods: Pregnant women (n=460; mean age 31.

Prospective study of maternal depressive symptomatology among Japanese women.

Background: The primary objective of this study was to analyze the pattern of depressive moods related to pregnancy and postpartum in a dataset collected prospectively. A secondary objective was to assess the association between (1) low moods during pregnancy and postpartum depressive symptoms, and (2) maternity blues and postpartum depressive symptom.

Method: Three hundred eighty-seven women completed self-administered questionnaires.

[Choriocarcinoma treatment: goal and issues].

The success of choriocarcinoma treatment in Japan is over 90% at the present time. As for the first contribution, chemotherapeutic progress contributed to this success greatly. The next contribution is establishment of the registration system of administration of the hydatidiform mole patients, since the course of choriocarcinoma in most cases is hydatidiform mole --> invasive mole --> choriocarcinoma.

Survival rates of patients with choriocarcinoma treated with chemotherapy without hysterectomy: effects of anticancer agents on subsequent births.

Objectives: The outcomes of patients with choriocarcinoma treated with fertility-preserving techniques and the children born to patients subjected to combined chemotherapy were examined retrospectively.

Methods: We treated 191 patients with choriocarcinoma from 1965 through 2001. Of these, 62 were treated with fertility-preserving techniques (50 were cured and 12 died) and 129 with hysterectomy (88 were cured and 41 died).

[Nursing measures against adverse reaction from anti-cancer chemotherapy].

Combination chemotherapy for leukemia develops bone marrow suppression. Infection or hemorrhage disorders the treatment, and may influence the clinical result. The caring staff must understand the pathology of bone marrow suppression.

Plasma biopterin levels and depressive state in pregnancy and the early puerperal period.

Plasma total biopterin and tetrahydrobiopterin levels of 14 normal pregnant and 15 normal puerperal women (within 1 week after delivery) were measured. In the first group, total biopterin levels were already increased (average: 18.2 pmol/ml) in the second trimester and remained high until the early puerperal period.