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- Dabo Pettersson, Fatimah, 1975-, et al.
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Anxiety, Depressed Mood and the Use of Labor Analgesia
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Ingår i: Archives of Women's Mental Health. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1434-1816 .- 1435-1102. ; 19:1, s. 11-16
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Relatively little is known about mental health and labor pain. The aim of this study was to assess if self-rated antenatal depressed mood and anxiety are associated with pain-related behaviors and self-reported labor pain. We also wanted to replicate our previous finding of altered labor pain behavior in carriers of a specific guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase 1 gene (GCH1) haplotype. Ninety-nine women in gestational weeks 37 to 40 filled out questionnaires on depression and anxiety symptoms and later rated their labor pain by use of visual analog scales. Each subject was also genotyped for GCH1. Following adjustment for relevant confounders, women who arrived early to the delivery unit (cervical dilation < 5 cm) had a significantly higher antenatal Montgomery-sberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS-S) score, p < 0.05, than late arrivers (cervical dilation > 5 cm). Women with increased Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T) scores reported higher self-rated pain prior to labor analgesia, p < 0.05, than women with low STAI-T scores. No association between the GCH1 pain-protective haplotype and cervical dilation was found, but a previously demonstrated association with increased use of second-line analgesia was confirmed. Depressed mood during pregnancy is associated with early arrival to the delivery department, whereas antenatal anxiety is associated with increased self-rated pain prior to labor analgesia.
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- Dabo Pettersson, Fatimah, 1975-
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Genetics and Labor Pain Behavior
- 2011
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Labor may perhaps be the most painful a woman might experience, although characterized by large inter-individual variability. The perceived pain during labor is the result of diverse factors, i.e. her previous pain experiences, the analgesia she receives and maybe also her genes. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate biological and psychological mechanisms underlying inter-individual differences in labor pain related behaviors. The mechanisms that characterize endogenous pain relief during labor are not fully understood, though it is known to be partly explained by the effects of β-endorphin (BE). BE plasma levels were followed longitudinally in a cohort of pregnant women and were found to remain unchanged between early and late pregnancy, although with a nadir in the beginning of the third trimester. Furthermore, women with low levels of BE in plasma at the end of the third trimester, required second line labor analgesia to a significantly higher extent than women with normal levels. In a population-based sample of 814 pregnant women we investigated if inter-individual differences in labor pain related behavior was influenced by the pain-protective single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) combination of guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase (GCH1) and the opioid receptor µ-1 gene (OPRM1) A118G SNP. We identified a possible association between the pain-protective SNP combination of GCH1 and use of second line analgesia. No association was found between the OPRM1 and use of analgesia or labor pain related behavior. The association between self-rated antenatal depressed mood and anxiety in relation to pain behaviors and self-reported pain during labor was investigated. We found that depressed mood during pregnancy is associated with early arrival to the delivery department, whereas antenatal anxiety is associated with increased self-rated pain prior to labor analgesia. In conclusion, although an increasing number of studies strongly suggest that genetic predisposition plays an important role in pain and pain-related mechanisms, GCH1 and OPRM1 has little to offer in terms of individual counseling on labor analgesia. To enable the future use of genetic variability for pre-labor testing and counseling, a number of different genes reflecting pain mediation pathways, involving biological and psychological mechanisms, need to be analyzed in combination.
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- Dabo Pettersson, Fatimah, 1975-, et al.
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The A118G Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of Human μ–Opioid Receptor Gene and Use of Labor Analgesia
- 2012
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Ingår i: Reproductive Sciences. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1933-7191 .- 1933-7205. ; 19:9, s. 962-967
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The human µ-opioid receptor (MOR) is the major site of action of endogenous opioids and most of the clinically used opioid analgesics. The single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), A118G of the MOR 1 gene (OPRM1), has been associated with altered pain perception. The aim of this study was to investigate whether this polymorphism of OPRM1 is associated with a number of pain-related behaviors during labor. In this observational retrospective population-based study, pregnant women (n = 814) were recruited at gestational week 18. A plasma sample was collected from each participant and an SNP genotyping assay was performed. No differences in sociodemographic variables or labor pain-related outcomes, such as stage of cervical dilation on arrival at the delivery unit or use of any type of second-line analgesia during spontaneous labor, were found between noncarriers and G-allele carriers of OPRM1. We conclude that there is no association between the A118G polymorphism of OPRM1 regarding pain-related behavior during labor.
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