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Megan Howard1,2, Alison N Goulding3, Anitha Muddana4
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. megan.howard@bcm.edu.
Abstract:
This study sought to determine prevalence of Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D-MER) and mental health correlates in a cohort of patients from a breastfeeding medicine clinic. We determined prevalence of D-MER symptoms and performed bivariate analyses to explore associations between D-MER symptoms, demographics, and self-reported mental health history. Among 271 patients, 42 (15.5%) reported D-MER. Women with D-MER symptoms were more likely to report a history of panic attacks (28.6 vs. 12.2%, OR 2.87, 95% CI 1.23-6.25).
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