Interoception is associated with anxiety and depression in pregnant women: A pilot study

Pregnancy and postpartum are periods in which women develop psychosocially. However, becoming a mother is stressful, and mood disorders related to anxiety and depression often develop. In recent years, research on interoception-sensations related to the body's internal physiological state-has a...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-05, Vol.17 (5), p.e0267507-e0267507
Main Authors: Noda, Minami, Sato, Yoko, Suetsugu, Yoshiko, Morokuma, Seiichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Anxiety
Anxiety disorders
Biology and Life Sciences
Childbirth & labor
Correlation analysis
Depression, Mental
Emotional disorders
Empirical analysis
Health aspects
Heart rate
Listening
Longitudinal studies
Medical screening
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental depression
Mind and body
Mindfulness
Mood disorders
Postpartum
Postpartum depression
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Psychological aspects
Questionnaires
Risk factors
Self-perception
Social Sciences
Womens health
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Summary:Pregnancy and postpartum are periods in which women develop psychosocially. However, becoming a mother is stressful, and mood disorders related to anxiety and depression often develop. In recent years, research on interoception-sensations related to the body's internal physiological state-has attracted attention. Interoception has multifaceted characteristics. It involves directly perceiving information in the body while also inferring and evaluating it. In this study, we examined interoception, anxiety, and depression in Japanese pregnant women. Empirical examinations and questionnaire surveys were used to measure interoception in 32 pregnant women not at high risk of pregnancy. A Japanese adaption of the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness was used to measure interoceptive sensibility, and a heartbeat counting task performance was used to measure interoceptive accuracy. Anxiety and depression were measured using the Japanese versions of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, respectively. A correlation analysis was performed between interoception, anxiety and depression and between differences between sensibility and accuracy of interoception, anxiety and depression. We revealed that interoceptive sensibility and differences between sensibility and accuracy of interoception were associated with anxiety. Based on results of this pilot study, it is necessary to investigate using longitudinal studies whether interoception might be an effective predictor tool for early detection of anxiety during pregnancy and postpartum.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0267507