Table 3 Regression coefficients and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for each underlying symptom dimension in the EPDS for 1 standard deviation increase in each personality scale.

From: Maternal personality and postpartum mental disorders in Japan: the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study

 

Depressed mood

Anxiety

Anhedonia

β

(95% CI)a

p-value

β

(95% CI)a

p-value

β

(95% CI)a

p-value

Neuroticism

0.20

(0.19, 0.22)

 < 0.001

0.91

(0.88, 0.94)

 < 0.001

0.087

(0.079, 0.096)

 < 0.001

Extraversion

− 0.056

(− 0.070, − 0.042)

 < 0.001

− 0.31

(− 0.34, − 0.27)

 < 0.001

− 0.045

(− 0.054, − 0.037)

 < 0.001

Psychoticism

− 0.0088

(–0.022, 0.0048)

0.20

− 0.25

(− 0.28, − 0.22)

 < 0.001

− 0.00044

(− 0.0090, 0.0082)

0.92

Lie

− 0.055

(− 0.068, − 0.041)

 < 0.001

− 0.30

(− 0.34, − 0.27)

 < 0.001

− 0.021

(− 0.030, − 0.012)

 < 0.001

  1. EPDS, Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale.
  2. aAdjusted for age at delivery, parity, mode of delivery, educational attainment, household income, and social isolation during pregnancy.
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