Olga Canet-Vélez, Meritxell Escalé Besa, Montserrat Sanromà-Ortíz, Xavier Espada-Trespalacios, Ramón Escuriet, Blanca Prats-Viedma, Jesús Cobo, Júlia Ollé-Gonzalez, Emili Vela-Vallespín, Rocio Casañas
Pregnancy and childbirth have a great impact on women's lives; traumatic perinatal experiences can adversely affect mental health. The present study analyzes the incidence of perinatal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Catalonia in 2021 from data obtained from the Registry of Morbidity and Use of Health Resources of Catalonia (MUSSCAT). The incidence of perinatal PTSD (1.87%) was lower than in comparable studies, suggesting underdiagnosis. Poisson regression adjusting for age, income, gestational weeks at delivery, type of delivery, and parity highlighted the influence of sociodemographics, and characteristics of the pregnancy and delivery on the risk of developing perinatal PTSD...
April 13, 2024: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)