Creating a Multisite Perinatal Psychiatry Databank: Purpose and Development

Wid Kattan, Laura Avigan, Barbara Hayton, Jennifer L. Barkin, Martin St-André, Tuong-Vi Nguyen, Hannah Schwartz, Marie-Josée Poulin, Irena Stikarovska, Rahel Wolde-Giorghis, Maria Arafah and Phyllis Zelkowitz
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Wid Kattan: Division of Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
Laura Avigan: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada
Barbara Hayton: Perinatal Mental Health Service, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada
Jennifer L. Barkin: Community Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207, USA
Martin St-André: Perinatal and Early Childhood Psychiatry Clinic, Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1C5, Canada
Tuong-Vi Nguyen: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
Hannah Schwartz: Department of Psychiatry, St. Mary’s Hospital Center, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3T 1M5, Canada
Marie-Josée Poulin: Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Quebec, QC G1J 2G3, Canada
Irena Stikarovska: DHU Ste-Justine, University of Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
Rahel Wolde-Giorghis: Department of Psychiatry, University of Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada
Maria Arafah: Department of Pathology, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Phyllis Zelkowitz: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 24, 1-15

Abstract: Mental health issues during the perinatal period are common; up to 29% of pregnant and 15% of postpartum women meet psychiatric diagnostic criteria. Despite its ubiquity, little is known about the longitudinal trajectories of perinatal psychiatric illness. This paper describes a collaboration among six perinatal mental health services in Quebec, Canada, to create an electronic databank that captures longitudinal patient data over the course of the perinatal period. The collaborating sites met to identify research interests and to select a standardized set of variables to be collected during clinical appointments. Procedures were implemented for creating a databank that serves both research and clinical purposes. The resulting databank allows pregnant and postpartum patients to complete self-report questionnaires on medical and psychosocial variables during their intake appointment in conjunction with their clinicians who fill in relevant medical information. All participants are followed until 6 months postpartum. The databank represents an opportunity to examine illness trajectories and to study rare mental disorders and the relationship between biological and psychosocial variables.

Keywords: databank; mental health; perinatal health; research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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