Maternal Dietary Patterns and Risk of Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review

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Sun, Yuyue
Ferguson, Megan
Reeves, Marina M
Kelly, Jaimon T
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2023
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Objective: Postpartum depression (PPD) has deleterious effects on both maternal and child outcomes. Poor maternal nutrition during pregnancy has been implicated in the development of PPD. This review aimed to explore the association between the overall dietary intake patterns during pregnancy and the development of PPD. Methods: A literature search was performed in PubMed, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL, and PsycINFO databases for relevant randomized controlled trials, cohort and cross-sectional studies published up to 17th September 2020. Included studies assessed at least one dietary pattern during pregnancy and reported on PPD. The Newcastle Ottawa Scale and the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools were used to assess the quality of methodology. A narrative analysis was conducted. Results: Ten studies (eight cohort and two cross-sectional) were included with substantial heterogeneity in measurements of dietary intake exposures and PPD. The studies identified several types of healthy dietary patterns, including a ‘healthy’, ‘health conscious’, ‘Japanese’, ‘high-glycemic index/glycemic load’, ‘Vegetable’, ‘Nut-Fruit’, ‘Seafood’, and ‘compliance with the Australian Dietary Guidelines’. The ‘Western’, ‘unhealthy’, ‘Beverage’, ‘Cereal-Meat’, and ‘Egg’ were labelled as unhealthy dietary patterns. Four of the eight studies showed an inverse association between adherence to healthy diets and risk of PPD, whereas only one of the seven studies showed that adherence to unhealthy diets was associated with increased risk of PPD. Methodological quality of the studies varied across the sample. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that adherence to a healthy diet may be beneficial for PPD. However, the relationship between unhealthy diets and PPD needs to be corroborated by more high-quality studies.

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Maternal and Child Health Journal

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Obstetrics and gynaecology

Psychology

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Health sciences

Human society

Depression

Dietary patterns

Maternal nutrition

Postpartum

Pregnancy

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Sun, Y; Ferguson, M; Reeves, MM; Kelly, JT, Maternal Dietary Patterns and Risk of Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review, Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2023

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