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Prepregnancy healthy dietary pattern is inversely associated with depressive symptoms among pregnant Brazilian women
In this 2014 study, Vilela et al. sought to identify dietary patterns before pregnancy and examine their association with depressive symptoms suffered during pregnancy. The researchers examined 248 healthy pregnant women in Brazil at 5-13, 20-26, and 30-36 gestational weeks. Dietary intake was recorded through the use of food frequency questionnaires (between 5-13 gestational weeks) and depressive symptoms were evaluated during three follow-up points using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depressive Scale (EPDS). Three prepregnancy dietary patterns were identified: common-Brazilian, healthy, and processed. The healthy dietary pattern was inversely associated with depressive symptoms (p = 0.011). Mean depressive symptom scores were 9.0 (95% CI: 8.4, 9.6), 7.2 (95% CI: 6.5, 7.8), and 7.0 (95% CI: 6.4, 7.7) for trimesters 1, 2, and 3, respectively. This current study found that high adherence to the healthy dietary pattern before pregnancy was associated with lower EPDS scores during pregnancy in Brazilian women. [NPID: postpartum mental health, post-partum mental health, postpartum, post-partum, pregnancy, antenatal depression, postnatal depression, nutrients, micronutrients, maternal depression, depression, perinatal anxiety, perinatal depression, anxiety, depression, dietary patterns, Brazil]
Year: 2014
