Women with abnormal serum thyroid antibody levels or abnormal TSH and/or T4 values are more likely than their normal counterparts to have higher scores on a common postpartum depression screening test.
This small pilot study was an attempt to corroborate a relationship between quantified mood and thyroid measures, using the numerical scores obtained from a common depression screen, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), as a continuum. Mood scores were compared with presence of thyroid autoantibodies and plasma concentrations of free T4 and TSH.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
75
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Houston Park Obstetrics Clinic
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Numerical score on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
Time frame: seven weeks
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