Women who were able to benefit from psychiatric follow-up during the quarantine by tele-consultation have a lower risk of anxious and depressive symptoms than those who did not receive follow-up.
The pandemic of COVID-19 (coronavirus desease 19) led to a strict quarantine from 15 March
2020 to 11 May 2020. Maternal depression is a current pathology , especially in the
post-partum (more than 15%). The quarantine could lead to anxious and/or depressive symptoms
and difficulties in parents-children bonding.
Women who have experenced post-partum period have more chance to developp subsequent
depression.
Among women who have experienced post-partum depression, those who were able to benefit from
psychiatric follow-up during the quarantine by tele-consultation have a lower risk of anxious
and depressive symptoms than those who did not receive follow-up.
Inclusion Criteria:
Women above 18 years old
Who have experienced a post-partum depression between 2013 and late of 2019
Who have benefit a psychiatry post-partum follow-up (hospitalizations in psychiatry
post-partum unity and/or medical consultation) by Bicêtre psychiatry service
Who have a child less than 7 years old (preschool age)
Speaking and reading in french
And their partner (above 18 years old)
In the main analyze, only women with a indication of following psychiatric follow-up by
tele-consultation (with a psychiatric follow-up at the begenning of the quarantine, who
have not been follow-up by psychiatrist in hospitalization or in face to face consultation)
will be analyzed
Exclusion Criteria:
People with chronic psychotic disorder (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders:DSM-5 criteria)
People with mental handicap
People who are not able to give their consent
People subject to protection measure
People refusing to participate in the study
Florence Gressier, Dr
01 45 21 27 43
florence.gressier@aphp.fr
Emmanuelle Corruble, Pr
01 45 21 27 43
emmanuelle.corruble@aphp.fr
Florence Gressier, Dr, Principal Investigator
Bicêtre Hospital