P-992 - Smoking during pregnancy and postnatal period and postpartum depression

Abstract

Introduction Substance use in pregnancy is an increasingly common problem and has become an important public health issue. Postpartum depression has a high prevalence (10%) of women in Spanish population. Objetive/aim To study the impact of perinatal tobacco use in postpartum depression. Methods A cohort study of 1804 puerperal Spanish Caucasian women of general population. Variables collected: socio-demographic, obstetric, personal and family psychiatric history, substance use during pregnancy and 6 months postpartum, depressive symptoms (EPDS) and anxiety traits (STAI) at 2–3 days, 8 weeks and 32 weeks postpartum. Major postpartum depression (MPD) (EPDS>9) were confirmed through a structured interview (DIGS-DSM-IV). The sample was divided in four groups: 1) No smoking, 2) Smoking postpartum, 3) Smoking pregnancy, 4) Smoking pregnancy & postpartum. Results The mean (SD) age was 31.8 (4.6), 46% were primiparous, 96.5% were married and 68% had at least secondary school. Thirty-one per cent had family and 17% personal psychiatric history. Twenty one percent reported tobacco use during pregnancy and 28.2% use tobacco in postpartum. Tobacco use in the four groups and MPD at 8 weeks (x2 = 17.872;df = 3;p Conclusions The use of tobacco in postpartum had a considerable impact on mother's psychiatric health.