Prenatal depression and successful lactation
Postpartum depression and breastfeeding are two complex situations regulated by neuroendocrine system, primarily cortisol and prolactin. These two hormones play a role in different ways through stress environment. Thus, this study aims to analysed cortisol and prolactin levels, milk volume, and wean...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Medicina Clínica Práctica 2021-04, Vol.4, p.100234, Article 100234 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Postpartum depression and breastfeeding are two complex situations regulated by neuroendocrine system, primarily cortisol and prolactin. These two hormones play a role in different ways through stress environment. Thus, this study aims to analysed cortisol and prolactin levels, milk volume, and weaning time in breastfeeding mothers with depressive symptoms.
A longitudinal study conducted to 92 mothers in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Baseline information related to socio-demography, parity, body mass index, tobacco exposure, trauma history collected at enrolment, later depressive symptoms, cortisol and prolactin levels, milk volume, collected at postpartum. Follow-up ended at the time of each subject's weaning. This study performed Chi-square test for baseline data, Mann–Whitney U-Test for cortisol, prolactin, milk volume, and Survival Test Cox Proportional Hazard Model for weaning time.
showed that low cortisol (p=0.973) and prolactin (p |
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ISSN: | 2603-9249 2603-9249 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2021.100234 |