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  • Title: [Childbirth pain, perinatal dissociation and perinatal distress as predictors of posttraumatic stress symptoms].
    Author: Boudou M, Séjourné N, Chabrol H.
    Journal: Gynecol Obstet Fertil; 2007 Nov; 35(11):1136-42. PubMed ID: 17996476.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: This prospective, longitudinal study investigated the contributive role of childbirth pain, perinatal distress and perinatal dissociation to the development of PTSD symptoms following childbirth. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One hundred and seventeen women participated at the study. The first day after delivery they completed a questionnaire to evaluate pain, the peritraumatic distress inventory (PDI) and the peritraumatic dissociative experience questionnaire (PDEQ). Six weeks after birth, they completed the impact of event scale-revised (IES-R) to measure posttraumatic stress symptoms and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) to assess maternal depression. RESULTS: A multiple regression analysis revealed that only both components of perinatal distress, life-threat perception and dysphoric emotions were significant predictors of posttraumatic stress symptoms. In another multiple regression analysis predicting dysphoric emotions, affective dimension of pain was the only significant predictor. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Perinatal distress was the best predictor of posttraumatic stress symptoms. Dysphoric emotions were associated with affective dimension of pain, suggesting that women distressed by the childbirth pain would have higher risk to develop posttraumatic stress symptoms.
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