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Effect of prenatal mindfulness training on depressive symptom severity through 18-months postpartum: A latent profile
Jennifer N Felder1, Danielle Roubinov2, Nicole R Bush1,2
1Department of Psychiatry and Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco.
Objective:
We examined whether prenatal mindfulness training was associated with lower depressive symptoms through 18-months postpartum compared to treatment as usual (TAU).
Method:
A controlled, quasi-experimental trial compared prenatal mindfulness training (MMT) to TAU. We collected depressive symptom data at post-intervention, 6-, and 18-months postpartum. Latent profile analysis identified depressive symptom profiles, and multinomial logistic regression examined whether treatment condition predicted profile.
Results:
Three depressive symptom severity profiles emerged: none/minimal, mild, and moderate. Adjusting for relevant covariates, MMT participants were less likely than TAU participants to be in the moderate profile than the none/minimal profile (OR = 0.13, 95% CI = 0.03-0.54, p = .005).
Conclusions:
Prenatal mindfulness training may have benefits for depressive symptoms during the transition to parenthood.
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