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Erschienen in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 6/2016

09.12.2015 | General Gynecology

Psychiatric outcomes after childbirth: can posttraumatic growth protect me from disordered eating symptoms?

verfasst von: Raphael Ayache, Sarah Benticha, Nelly Goutaudier, Henri Chabrol

Erschienen in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Ausgabe 6/2016

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Abstract

Purpose

While many studies on mood disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following childbirth have been conducted, little is known regarding posttraumatic growth (PTG) and disordered eating in the postpartum period. This study aims to (a) identify the typology of women following childbirth based on anxiety, depressive, PTSD symptoms and level of PTG and (b) evaluate whether these profiles differ on disordered eating symptoms.

Methods

Up to 2 years after childbirth, 306 French-speaking mothers [mean age (SD) = 29.4 (4.6) years] completed questionnaires assessing PTSD, depressive, anxiety and disordered-eating symptoms and level of posttraumatic growth.

Results

Four profiles were highlighted: a first one labeled growing cluster (22.2 % of the sample, n = 68), a second one labeled low level of symptoms cluster (37.6 % of the sample, n = 115), a third one labeled vulnerable cluster (21.6 % of the sample, n = 66) and a last one labeled anxious–depressed–traumatized cluster (18.6 % of the sample, n = 57). Our findings also highlight an impact of these profiles on disordered eating symptoms, suggesting that disordered eating in postpartum would not be the result of pregnancy.

Conclusion

Consistent with our expectation, our findings suggest a potential protective role of posttraumatic growth on the development of disordered eating symptoms. Further researches focusing on traumatic experience, disordered eating and posttraumatic growth in postpartum are warranted.
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Metadaten
Titel
Psychiatric outcomes after childbirth: can posttraumatic growth protect me from disordered eating symptoms?
verfasst von
Raphael Ayache
Sarah Benticha
Nelly Goutaudier
Henri Chabrol
Publikationsdatum
09.12.2015
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Ausgabe 6/2016
Print ISSN: 0932-0067
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-0711
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-015-3969-6

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