Yang J, Lin XZ, Guo QW, Wang CL, Yang RY, Zhang JW, Zeng Y. Mediating effect of mindfulness level on the relationship between marital quality and postpartum depression among primiparas. World J Clin Cases 2023; 11(12): 2729-2739 [PMID: 37214570 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i12.2729]
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Yan Zeng, MD, PsyD, Attending Doctor, Lecturer, Department of Psychology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 76 Linjiang Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400010, China. yan_zeng@hospital.cqmu.edu.cn
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Psychiatry
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Observational Study
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Jian Yang, Jun-Wen Zhang, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
Xin-Zhu Lin, Yan Zeng, Department of Psychology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China
Qian-Wen Guo, Cheng-Ling Wang, Department of Obstetrics, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China
Ren-Yan Yang, Department of Obstetrics, Chongqing Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County People’s Hospital, Chongqing 409100, China
Author contributions: Zeng Y designed and supervised the research; Lin XZ, Guo QW, Wang CL, and Yang RY enrolled participants and performed the data collection and initial analysis; Yang J and Zhang JW analyzed and interpreted the data; Yang J performed the literature search and drafted the initial manuscript; Zeng Y and Zhang JW revised the final manuscript; All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported byChongqing Science and Health Joint Medical Research Project, No. 2021MSXM034.
Institutional review board statement: Ethics approval for the study was granted by the Ethics Committee of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 2021-288.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: All the data related to this current research is available from the corresponding author on reasonable request, at yan_zeng@hospital.cqmu.edu.cn.
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Corresponding author: Yan Zeng, MD, PsyD, Attending Doctor, Lecturer, Department of Psychology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 76 Linjiang Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400010, China. yan_zeng@hospital.cqmu.edu.cn
Received: December 24, 2022 Peer-review started: December 24, 2022 First decision: February 28, 2023 Revised: March 8, 2023 Accepted: March 27, 2023 Article in press: March 27, 2023 Published online: April 26, 2023 Processing time: 122 Days and 7.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Postpartum depression is a common mental complication during the postpartum period. This cross-sectional observational study aimed to investigate the correlations among mindfulness, marital quality, anxiety, and depression in different regions and ethnicities in a large city in western China during the post-corona virus infectious disease-2019 era and determine whether trait mindfulness mediates the relationship between marital quality and postpartum anxiety and depression among primiparas. Mindfulness is closely related to the mental health conditions of primiparas, and it may have cross-ethnic and trans-regional characteristics. Although the mindfulness levels revealed no significant mediating effect between the total score of marital quality and postpartum depression in this study, it demonstrated a full mediation effect on the relationship between family relationships, marital conflict, and postpartum anxiety and depression. Our findings can provide a reference for further application of mindfulness in Chinese postpartum mental disorders.
